Explicit and Implicit Approach vs. Avoidance Tendencies towards High vs. Low Calorie Food Cues in Patients with Obesity and Active Binge Eating Disorder

Explicit and Implicit Approach vs. Avoidance Tendencies towards High vs. Low Calorie Food Cues in Patients with Obesity and Active Binge Eating Disorder

Patients with binge eating disorder (BED) suffer from regular food binges with loss of control. This may be due to dysfunctional approach vs. avoidance tendencies towards food in BED. We applied an approach-avoidance task (AAT), in which n = 24 patients with obesity and active BED (OB-BED), n = 32 p...

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Main Authors: Georgios Paslakis, Simone Kühn, Sebastian Grunert, Yesim Erim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
approach avoidance task (AAT)
binge eating disorder
explicit
implicit
psychotherapy
training
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/10/1068

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