Mealtime challenges from the perspectives of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa and their caregivers enrolled in family-based treatment.

Objective: This study identified mealtime challenges and emotions experienced during challenges among adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) or atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) and their caregivers during the early phase of family-based treatment (FBT).

Method: Caregivers with high expressed emotion (i.e.

Sleep duration differentially affects brain activation in response to food images in adolescents with overweight/obesity compared to adolescents with normal weight.

Study Objectives: Sleep is an important behavior that affects appetite and eating in adolescents. Our study examined food-related neural activation in brain regions associated with food reward and inhibition in adolescents under sleep-restricted and well-rested conditions.

Methods: In this within-subjects study, 52 adolescents (ages 12-18; 46% female; M age = 15.

Appropriateness of the food-pics image database for experimental eating and appetite research with adolescents.

Background: Research examining effects of visual food cues on appetite-related brain processes and eating behavior has proliferated. Recently investigators have developed food image databases for use across experimental studies examining appetite and eating behavior. The food-pics image database represents a standardized, freely available image library originally validated in a large sample primarily comprised of adults.