Poor executive functioning in girls tied to future weight gain

An article distributed by Reuters and Reuters UK quotes Myles Faith, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology, on a new study that found that poor “executive functioning” in girls at age 10 may be linked to weight gain during their teen years, and some of the excess pounds may be tied to binge eating. “Psychological interventions have been developed for binge eating problems, including cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal psychotherapies,” he said. “These treatments strive to change belief systems, eating routines or relationship patterns to combat binge eating.” The article appeared in news outlets that include Fox News, Business Insider, WHBL-AM in Wisconsin and Global Post.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-health-girls-psych-weight-idUSKCN0RL2FO20150921

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-health-girls-psych-weight-idUKKCN0RL2FO20150921

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/09/22/poor-executive-functioning-in-girls-tied-to-future-weight-gain/

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-poor-executive-functioning-in-girls-tied-to-future-weight-gain-2015-9

http://whbl.com/news/articles/2015/sep/21/poor-executive-functioning-in-girls-tied-to-future-weight-gain/

http://www.globalpost.com/article/6653995/2015/09/21/poor-executive-functioning-girls-tied-future-weight-gain