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Why obese children cannot resist food: the role of impulsivity.

C. Nederkoorn, C. Braet, Yvonne J. J. Van Eijs, A. Tanghe, A. Jansen

2006.11.1Eating Behaviors

DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.11.005

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Impulsivity is a personality characteristic that potentially has crucial consequences for the development and maintenance, as well as treatment of obesity, and the children that were the least effective in inhibiting responses, lost less weight in the residential treatment program.

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NEDERKOORN, C., et al. Why obese children cannot resist food: The role of impulsivity. Eating Behaviors, 2006, 7 4: 315–22.