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Bright Light Therapy for the Treatment of Night Eating Syndrome
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an open label bright light
therapy (BLT) intervention on night eating behaviors as well as secondary outcomes of
mood and sleep quality. It was hypothesized that ...
The influence of media on implicit weight bias
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-16)
The purpose of this dissertation is to determine if exposure to media that exhibits weight bias increases implicit anti-fat attitudes using an objective assessment of emotional response to obesity cues. Participants completed ...
The Nature of Night Eating Syndrome: Using Network Analysis to Understand Causal Symptomological Relationships
ingestion of food and evening hyperphagia would present as the most central symptoms within the psychopathology network of NES compared to other symptoms. A Gaussian graphical model (GGM), utilizing a graphical least absolute shrinkage and selection operator...
Can We Be Trained to Eat Healthy? The Effects of an Attentional Bias Modification Program on Eating Behavior
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) has significantly increased
over the past four decades. OW and OB are complex in nature and arise from a multitude
of factors and their interactive effects. Based on ...
Quality of life in individuals with eating disorders
(2013)
Quality of life is an important aspect of the assessment of medical and psychiatric disorders,
such as eating disorders. Eating disorders affect both the emotional and physical wellbeing of
individuals who suffer from ...
Social Comparison of Body Image in Middle-Aged Women: Implications for Body Image Theory
(2020)
Body image dissatisfaction persists into middle age for women. Despite this, most research addressing this area has focused on younger adult women. Therefore, this study sought to explore middle-aged women’s body image ...