Leptin concentrations in response to acute stress predict subsequent intake of comfort foods

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Tomiyama, A Janet ^a,b   Schamarek, Imke ^c   Lustig, Robert H ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c   Puterman, Eli ^b   Havel, Peter J ^d   Epel, Elissa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Eating behavior; Leptin; Stress; Stress eating

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SATIETY; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861957022     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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