Psychophysiological responses to food exposure: an experimental study in binge eaters

Article Abstract:

To investigate the effects of presentation of food cues upon physiological reactions in binge and nonbinge eaters, comparison of data consisting of psychophysiological monitoring results between thirty binge eater and thirty nonbinge eater subjects taken during rest and exposure to food cues was done. Results revealed that while both groups consumed about the same amount of food, binge eaters responded with higher systolic blood pressure levels over the 20-minute trial, higher initial skin conductance level, and an accompanying increase in emotional arousal.

Research, Bulimia

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Psychological factors in nutritional disorders of the elderly: part of the spectrum of eating disorders

Article Abstract:

Nutritional disorders in the elderly are often the result of psychological factors. It is possible that appropriate health and diet concern in adult life, which is usually associated with food restriction, becomes a vulnerability in the elderly. In addition, the elderly can become nutritionally vulnerable as a result of social isolation, impaired taste sensation, poverty and reduced mobility. Anorexia of the elderly may have some of the features of anorexia nervosa, especially views on food and eating.

Food and nutrition

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Aspects of food refusal in the elderly: the "hunger strike."

Article Abstract:

Food refusal in the elderly may be a form of protest, or hunger strike, designed to control the outcome of intergenerational family feuds. In such cases, there is no clear clinical depression or loss of appetite, and the typical features of anorexia nervosa are not present.

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