Shared and unique genetic and environmental influences on binge eating and night eating: A Swedish twin study

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Root, Tammy L ^a   Thornton, Laura M ^a   Lindroos, Ann Karin ^b   Stunkard, Albert J ^c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d,e   Rasmussen, Finn ^d   Bulik, Cynthia M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MRC Human Nutrition Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Comorbidity; Females; Males; Night eating; Twin modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; BULIMIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 76949099480     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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