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The interactive effects of estrogen and progesterone on changes in emotional eating across the menstrual cycle

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Klump, Kelly L., Keel, Pamela K., Racine, Sarah E., Burt, S. Alexandra, Neale, Michael, Sisk, Cheryl L., Boker, Steven, Hu, Jean Yueqin·2013·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Studies suggest that within-person changes in estrogen and progesterone predict changes in binge eating across the menstrual cycle. However, samples have been extremely small (maximum N = 9), and analyses have not examined the interactive effects of hormones that are critical for changes in food intake in animals. The aims of the current study were to examine ovarian hormone interactions in the prediction of within-subject changes in emotional eating in the largest sample of women to date (N = 196). Participants provided daily ratings of emotional eating and saliva samples for hormone measurement for 45 consecutive days. Results confirmed that changes in ovarian hormones predict changes in emotional eating across the menstrual cycle, with a significant estradiol × progesterone interaction. Emotional eating scores were highest during the midluteal phase, when progesterone peaks and estradiol demonstrates a secondary peak. Findings extend previous work by highlighting significant interactions between estrogen and progesterone that explain midluteal increases in emotional eating. Future work should explore mechanisms (e.g., gene-hormone interactions) that contribute to both within- and between-subjects differences in emotional eating.

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    “Using the Intraclass Correlations (ICCs) for each outcome and equations provided by Snijders and Bosker (1999), calculations indicated 80% power to detect conventionally small-to-medium effects (Klump et al., 2013; smallest detectible effects for cross-level interaction were f2 = .085 – .091).”

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Authors
Klump, K. L., Keel, P. K., Racine, S. E., Burt, S. A., Neale, M., Sisk, C. L., Boker, S., & Hu, J. Y.
Affiliations
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
  • University of Virginia (US)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2013-02
Volume
122
Issue
1
Pages
131-137
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2041215688
Cited by
195
References
33
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FWCI
10.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH082054)
  • Canadian Institute for Health Research (MDR-96630)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Keywords
emotional eating, menstrual cycle, estradiol, progesterone, ovarian hormones, hormone crosstalk, mid-luteal phase, binge eating, women
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Bulimia, Emotions, Estradiol, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Menstrual Cycle, Progesterone, Surveys and Questionnaires, Saliva, Twins, Dizygotic, Twins, Monozygotic, Young Adult

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