Ovarian hormones are associated with binge eating in women, however findings are limited
by the lack of experimental control inherent in human studies. Animal research that
manipulates ovarian hormone status and examines individual differences in extreme binge
eating proneness is needed to model clinical phenotypes in humans and to confirm causal
effects. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of adult ovariectomy on overall
binge eating risk and extreme binge eating phenotypes using the binge eating resistant …