PMID- 30648266 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190709 LR - 20200309 IS - 1098-108X (Electronic) IS - 0276-3478 (Print) IS - 0276-3478 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Associations between ovarian hormones and emotional eating across the menstrual cycle: Do ovulatory shifts in hormones matter? PG - 195-199 LID - 10.1002/eat.22985 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Elevated ovarian hormone levels are associated with increased risk for binge eating (BE) and emotional eating (EE) during the midluteal phase of the menstrual cycle. However, past studies have not examined whether pronounced hormonal changes that precede the midluteal phase (i.e., the dramatic decrease in estradiol and increase in progesterone during/after ovulation) also influence midluteal increases in binge-related symptoms. Past theories and studies of phenotypes strongly related to BE (e.g., depression) suggest that these pronounced hormonal changes may also contribute. This study examined this possibility in 375 female twins (aged 15-25 years) from the Michigan State University Twin Registry. METHODS: Daily ratings of EE (assessed with the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire) and daily saliva samples of estradiol and progesterone were collected for 45 consecutive days. RESULTS: No significant associations were found between pronounced changes in estradiol or progesterone across ovulation and changes in EE scores in the midluteal phase. Results remained unchanged after controlling for body mass index and negative affect and examining participants with clinical BE episodes or more extreme hormonal fluctuations. DISCUSSION: In aggregate, the current findings and past data suggest that hormone levels are more significant predictors of EE than pronounced hormonal changes across the menstrual cycle. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Fowler, Natasha AU - Fowler N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5686-8058 AD - Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. FAU - Keel, Pamela K AU - Keel PK AD - Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. FAU - Burt, S Alexandra AU - Burt SA AD - Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. FAU - Neale, Michael AU - Neale M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. FAU - Boker, Steven AU - Boker S AD - Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. FAU - Sisk, Cheryl L AU - Sisk CL AD - Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. AD - Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. FAU - Klump, Kelly L AU - Klump KL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1790-9264 AD - Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. LA - eng GR - R01 MH082054/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH111715/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH 111715-01A1/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20190115 PL - United States TA - Int J Eat Disord JT - The International journal of eating disorders JID - 8111226 RN - 0 (Hormones) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Eating/*psychology MH - Feeding Behavior/*psychology MH - Female MH - Hormones/*adverse effects MH - Humans MH - Menstrual Cycle/*psychology MH - Ovulation/*physiology MH - Twins MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6394872 MID - NIHMS998850 OTO - NOTNLM OT - binge eating OT - emotional eating OT - estrogen OT - ovarian hormones OT - ovulation OT - progesterone OT - pronounced change COIS- Conflicts of Interest The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2019/01/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/10 06:00 PMCR- 2020/02/01 CRDT- 2019/01/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/eat.22985 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Feb;52(2):195-199. doi: 10.1002/eat.22985. Epub 2019 Jan 15.