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Hunger perceptions and satiety responses among normal-weight bulimics and normals to a high-calorie, carbohydrate-rich food1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

June Chiodo  and
Paul R. Latimer
June Chiodo*
Affiliation:
Behavior Therapy and Research Unit, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Paul R. Latimer
Affiliation:
Behavior Therapy and Research Unit, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
*
2 Address for correspondence: Dr J. Chiodo, Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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Synopsis

The hunger perceptions and satiety responses to a high-calorie, carbohydrate-rich food among 10 normal-weight females who met the DSM-III criteria for bulimia were compared with 10 normal-weight females who denied a current or past history of eating or weight disorders. As indicated by self-report responses on the Hunger–Satiety Questionnaire, bulimics did not differ from the normals in their perceptions of hunger sensations. Differences, however, were detected the responses following eating. Most notably, the bulimics reported feelings of irritability, nervousness, tenseness and depression which persisted 30 minutes later. These findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 343 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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Footnotes

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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 17th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy/World Congress on Behavior Therapy, Washington D.C., December 1983.

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