title: A laboratory-based study of mood and binge eating behavior in overweight children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Associations between negative mood and binge eating in the laboratory are well-established in adults, but such data are limited in youth. We investigated the relation between mood and binge eating in children using a laboratory feeding paradigm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overweight girls, aged 6-12 years, with (BE; n=23) and without (control, CON; n=23) reported objective and/or subjective binge eating underwent both sad and neutral mood inductions, followed by multi-item buffet meals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Group × Mood Condition interaction for overall energy intake was non-significant. However, BE girls consumed more energy from fat in the sad condition as compared to the neutral condition. Baseline mood predicted BE girls' likelihood of reporting loss of control during the sad condition test meal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that emotional eating episodes in children reporting aberrant eating may be characterized by the experience of loss of control, rather than the consumption of objectively large amounts of food. Interventions focused on affect regulation may minimize the adverse consequences of pediatric binge eating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. goldschmidta@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Andrea B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanofsky-Kraff
authors.forename: Denise E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wilfley
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*