The study of hyperphagia in dementia

Although people with hyperphagia show significantly more patterns of stereotyped behaviour than matched demented controls the prolonged period of eating does not seem to be due to a stereotypy but to a delay in the satiation mechanism. Hyperphagia typically occurs in the middle stages of the dementi...

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Main Author:	Keene, Janet M.
Other Authors:	Hope, Anthony R.
Published:	University of Oxford 1995
Subjects:	610 Compulsive eating : Dementia : Eating disorders
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282331

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description	Although people with hyperphagia show significantly more patterns of stereotyped behaviour than matched demented controls the prolonged period of eating does not seem to be due to a stereotypy but to a delay in the satiation mechanism. Hyperphagia typically occurs in the middle stages of the dementing illness and lasts for a mean of about three years. These studies demonstrated that subjects with dementia who are hyperphagic have a major disturbance in the mechanisms controlling satiation, hunger, food choice and satiety.
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The study of hyperphagia in dementia

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