“…The degrees of undereating of nonpreferred food vs. overeating of preferred food are dissociable, however, and undereating can persist despite normal bodyweight and adiposity(Johnson & Kenny, 2010; Kreisler et al, 2017). Undereating has been interpreted not to be corrective homeostasis/caloric conditioning alone, but rather food rejection due to an adjustment in reward function that leads to development of compulsive eating(Spierling et al, 2018) via negative reinforcement mechanisms(Cottone P, Sabino V, Steardo L, 2008; Cottone et al, 2008b; Johnson & Kenny, 2010; Kreisler et al, 2017; Parylak et al, 2011). Consistent with this hypothesis, abstinence from preferred foods is associated with hostile mood in humans(Wells, Read, Laugharne, & Ahluwalia, 1998) and, in animal models, elicits activation of amygdala stress circuitry(Cottone, Sabino, Roberto, et al, 2009; Teegarden & Bale, 2007), anti-reward adaptations(Johnson & Kenny, 2010), and a negative emotional state with psychomotor arousal and anxiety-, depressive-, and irritability-like behavior (Avena et al, 2008; Cottone P, Sabino V, Steardo L, 2008; Cottone, Sabino, Roberto, et al, 2009; Cottone et al, 2008b; Cottone, Sabino, Steardo, & Zorrilla, 2009; Iemolo et al, 2012; Spierling et al, 2018; Teegarden & Bale, 2007).…”