description: "In Eating Behavior in Eating Disorders," a number of distinguished contributors address a fundamental what is wrong with the eating behavior of patients suffering from eating disorders? The book focuses on the use of behavior as a diagnostic tool, and includes insight into the effects of neurotransmitters on food intake, appetite and food selection; enhanced susceptibility to obesity; taste, hunger and satiety perceptions in anorexia nervosa and bulimia; and the validity of laboratory studies of eating behavior...It provides invaluable information for psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as for nutritionists, dietitians and others interested in treatment of or research on eating disorders.
language: English
title: Eating Behavior in Eating Disorders
titlecomplete: Eating Behavior in Eating Disorders (The Progress in Psychiatry Series)
publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc