Eating Regulation and

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Chapter 14
Clinical Neuroscience by Kelly Lambert and
Craig Howard Kinsley

• Eating Regulation and
• Associated Disorders

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Eating Regulation

• Early Hunger Research Was Difficult to Swallow
• Neurobiology of Hunger Regulation

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Eating Regulation (cont.)

• Neurochemical Factors
• Glucose
• Cholecystokinin
• Leptin
• Neuropeptide Y
• Environmental Factors

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Evolutionary Theories of Hunger Regulation

• Set-Point Theory
• Preparatory Response Theory
• Positive Incentive Theory
• Sensory-Specific Satiety

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Disorders of Eating Regulation

• Obesity
• Possible Causes
• Treatment
• Children and Obesity

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Disorders of Eating Regulation (cont.)

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Possible Causes
• Treatment

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Disorders of Eating Regulation (cont.)

• Bulimia Nervosa
• Possible Causes
• Treatment

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Digesting the Conflicting Theories of Eating
Regulation
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Summary