Stress, Hormones, and Eating

Summary

The investigators will develop a measure of endogenous opioid tone that might serve as a biological marker for drive for palatable food. Using a 'naltrexone probe,' the investigators will assess whether individual response to one dose of an opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone, is related to non-homeostatic eating in non-pregnant women. Hypothesis 1: Naltrexone Response will be related to non-homeostatic eating. Hypothesis 2: Response profiles to the 25 mg dose will be slightly less in magnitude than the 50 mg dose. However, responses will be similarly related to non-homeostatic eating measures. Hypothesis 3: Response to naltrexone will be highly stable within individuals across time, in the absence of an intervention.

Timeline

Start

2010-07

Primary completion

2011-12

Completion

2011-12

Publications

• Background Gearhardt AN, Corbin WR, Brownell KD. Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Appetite. 2009 Apr;52(2):430-6. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.12.003. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
• Background Daubenmier J, Lustig RH, Hecht FM, Kristeller J, Woolley J, Adam T, Dallman M, Epel E. A new biomarker of hedonic eating? A preliminary investigation of cortisol and nausea responses to acute opioid blockade. Appetite. 2014 Mar;74:92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.11.014. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

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