title: Executive functioning in overweight individuals with and without loss-of-control eating.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study sought to examine executive function (EF) in overweight individuals with and without loss-of-control (LOC) eating.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty overweight and obese individuals entering a behavioural weight loss trial with (n=18) and without (n=62) LOC eating were administered a clinical interview and neuropsychological battery designed to assess self-regulatory control, planning, delayed discounting and working memory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After controlling for age, IQ and depression, individuals with LOC eating performed worse on tasks of planning and self-regulatory control and did not differ in performance on other tasks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that overweight individuals with LOC eating display relative deficits in EF compared with overweight individuals without LOC eating. Planning and self-regulatory control deficits in particular may contribute to dysregulated eating patterns, increasing susceptibility to LOC episodes. Future research should examine how EF deficits relate to treatment outcome.
authors: Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors: Stephanie M
authors: SM
authors: Manasse
authors: Adrienne S
authors: AS
authors: Juarascio
authors: Evan M
authors: EM
authors: Forman
authors: Laura A
authors: LA
authors: Berner
authors: Meghan L
authors: ML
authors: Butryn
authors: Anthony C
authors: AC
authors: Ruocco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: binge eating; executive function; loss-of-control-eating; neuropsychology; obesity