General and food‐specific inhibitory deficits in binge eating disorder. Issue 5 (26th February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Svaldi, Jennifer; Naumann, Eva; Trentowska, Monika; Schmitz, Florian
• Is Part Of: International journal of eating disorders. Volume 47:Issue 5(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 534
• Page End: 542
• Publication Date: 2014-02-26
• Subjects: Appetite disorders -- Periodicals; Ingestion disorders -- Periodicals; Eating disorders -- Periodicals; 616.8526
• DOI: 10.1002/eat.22260
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3478

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <sec id="eat22260-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Objective</title> <p>To investigate behavioral inhibition in individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) compared with overweight and obese individuals without BED (No‐BED).</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22260-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>Participants with BED (<italic>n</italic> = 31) and the weight‐matched No‐BED group (<italic>n</italic> = 29) completed an inhibitory control task (stop‐signal task, SST) with food and neutral stimuli.</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22260-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The BED group needed more time to stop an ongoing response, as indicated by increased stop signal reaction time (SSRT) relative to the No‐BED group. Additionally, compared with the No‐BED group, the BED group displayed more difficulty inhibiting responses elicited by food stimuli. The deficits in behavioral response inhibition were also found to be related to the severity of reported symptoms.</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22260-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Discussion</title> <p>There is a general deficit in late stage behavioral inhibition in BED, and this may be particularly pronounced in the context of food stimuli. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2014; 47:534–542)</p> </sec> </abstract>