Processing of pictorial food stimuli in patients with eating disorders—A systematic review

Abstract

Evidence suggests cue reactivity to food pictures in eating-disordered patients. However, the overall picture is inconclusive because methodological problems and the integration of findings from different experimental approaches pose a challenge to the research field.

Neurocognition in bulimic eating disorders: a systematic review

“…food (73)] is related to altered brain and physiological responses. The heterogeneity in tasks used and of outcome measures, together with the small study samples, are the main factors that preclude us from drawing definite conclusions regarding the neurocognitive profile in these disorders.…”

Eating in eating disorders

“…The psychophysiology related to food and eating A recent systematic review has summarised the subjective and objective responses to pictures of food in people with eating disorders (Giel, Teufel, Friederich, Hautzinger, Enck, & Zipfel, 2011). Food images elicit less smiles (Soussignan, Jiang, Rigaud, Royet, & Schaal, 2010), but create an experience of disgust and fear Uher et al, 2004) and do not attenuate the startle response (a form of defensive reaction; Friederich et al, 2006).…”

A systematic review of attentional biases in disorders involving binge eating

“…It is currently unknown if AB is triggered by an automatic response to the stimulus category (e.g., high-calorie food in general), or whether AB is evident when content directly related to participant’s fears, such as specific high-calorie foods, is presented (Pergamin-Hight, Naim, Bakermans-Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn, & Bar-Haim, 2015). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have summarized the existing data concerning associations between eating disorders and biases in attention and information processing (Dobson & Dozois, 2004; Giel et al, 2011). Prior reviews have focused primarily on AB to food and body weight/shape in samples with full-syndrome BN and AN-B/P, and there is limited summative information on AB in binge/LOC eating or BED (Dobson & Dozois, 2004; Giel et al, 2011).…”

“…Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have summarized the existing data concerning associations between eating disorders and biases in attention and information processing (Dobson & Dozois, 2004; Giel et al, 2011). Prior reviews have focused primarily on AB to food and body weight/shape in samples with full-syndrome BN and AN-B/P, and there is limited summative information on AB in binge/LOC eating or BED (Dobson & Dozois, 2004; Giel et al, 2011). While AB may be an implicit manifestation of risk factors for binge/LOC eating across the binge eating spectrum, such as preoccupation with food, eating, and weight/shape (A.E.…”