Assessment of executive functions in obese individuals with binge eating disorder Avaliação de funções executivas em indivíduos obesos com transtorno da compulsão alimentar periódica

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess executive functions of obese individuals with binge eating disorder. METHOD: Thirty-eight obese individuals with binge eating disorder were compared to thirty-eight obese controls without binge eating disorder in terms of their executive functions. All...

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Main Authors: Duchesne Monica, Mattos Paulo, José Carlos Appolinário, Silvia Regina de Freitas, Gabriel Coutinho, Conceição Santos, Walmir Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462010000400011