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Heart rate variability and emotion regulation among individuals with obesity and loss of control eating
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Heart rate variability and emotion regulation among individuals with obesity and loss of control eating

Kathryn M. Godfrey, Adrienne Juarascio, Stephanie Manasse, Arpi Minassian, Victoria Risbrough and Niloofar Afari
Physiology & behavior, v 199
01 Feb 2019
PMID: 30414883
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6492031View
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Abstract

Behavioral Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Psychology Psychology, Biological Science & Technology Social Sciences
Autonomic nervous system functioning, measured with heart rate variability (HRV), is associated with emotion regulation and likely contributes to binge eating. This study examined the link between HRV and binge eating severity and analyzed changes in HRV as a marker of emotion regulation in individuals with binge eating. Participants (n = 28) with obesity and loss of control eating reported overeating and loss of control episodes and completed an HRV assessment at rest and during a mental stressor. At rest, lower time-domain HRV was linked to more severe loss of control (SDNN B = 0.18, p = 0.03). Frequency-domain HRV was associated with more severe overeating (LFn B = 14.92, p = 0.03; HFn B = 14.81, p = 0.04). Frequency-domain HRV differed between resting and stressed conditions (p's < 0.001). Findings contribute to understanding emotion regulation in binge eating and guide future research and novel intervention development.

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