Posts by Kendra R. Becker, PhD
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Cholecystokinin Elevation Observed in Youth With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that in patients with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, ages 10 to 23, levels of the satiety hormone cholecystokinin were nearly three-fold higher than in controls. Still, there were no associations between cholecystokinin and subjective measures of appetite.
Biography
Kendra R. Becker, PhD, is a psychologist in the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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