Obesity and the four facets of impulsivity

Abstract

Obesity is a complex condition involving biological, psychological, sociocultural and environmental components. Impulsivity seems to be a particularly important factor. Whiteside and Lynam recently proposed dividing impulsivity into four separate dimensions: Urgency, lack of Premeditation, lack of Perseverance and Sensation Seeking (associated with a tendency to exaggerate the impact of rewards). The objective of this article is to examine how obesity and eating disorder symptoms may be related to the four facets of impulsivity

Lorcaserin and CP-809101 reduce motor impulsivity and reinstatement of food seeking behavior in male rats: Implications for understanding the anti-obesity property of 5-HT2C receptor agonists

“…A third domain of potential relevance is impulsivity, a construct recognized as a predisposing factor in multiple addictive behaviours, including some eating disorders (Volkow and Wise 2005;Mobbs et al 2010;Dalley et al 2011;Volkow et al 2013). For example, a high impulsive trait has been described in some obese subjects and, in particular, individuals with eating conditions such as binge eating disorder (BED) (Mobbs et al 2010;Schag et al 2013;Smith and Robbins 2013).…”

“…For example, a high impulsive trait has been described in some obese subjects and, in particular, individuals with eating conditions such as binge eating disorder (BED) (Mobbs et al 2010;Schag et al 2013;Smith and Robbins 2013). In rat models, individuals with high trait impulsivity are more likely to relapse to drug seeking behaviour following reexposure to drug-associated cues relative to their less impulsive counterparts (Pattij and De Vries 2013;Dalley et al 2011).…”

El concepto de impulsividad y su ubicación en las teorías psicobiológicas de la personalidad

“…Un estilo que no atiende a todas las opciones presentes al momento de la toma de decisiones. Bajo esta definición podemos encontrar a la Impulsividad en Sentido Estricto, (Eysenck, 1977;Eysenck, 1987), la ID (Dickman, 1990;Dickman, 1999), la Impulsividad como rasgo de la BN (Goncalves, & Cloninger, 2010;Cloninger, 1987a;Cloninger, et al, 1993), la Búsqueda de Experiencias, la Desinhibición y la Susceptibilidad al Aburrimiento (Zuckerman, 2007), la Impulsividad por Imprevisión (Barrat, et al, 1997;Patton, et al, 1995), la Falta de Planificación y la Falta de Persistencia (Mobb, et al, 2010;Smith, et al, 2007;Whiteside, & Lynam, 2001). En un intento de organizar la información conceptual generada hasta la fecha se ha confeccionado un cuadro comparativo que intenta presentar de manera clara los diferentes tipos de impulsividades descriptos en los modelos citados (ver tabla 1).…”

“…En el caso de las mujeres debe combinarse la alta Búsqueda de Sensaciones con una alta Falta de Planificación, para obtener resultados similares (Jones, & Lynam, 2009). En pacientes con trastornos de obesidad la Urgencia mostró ser el factor más destacado para el mantenimiento de los problemas conductuales en torno a la alimentación (Billieux, Gay, Rochat, & Van der Linden, 2010), sin embargo, también se presentaron como característicos la Falta de Persistencia y una alta Búsqueda de Sensaciones (Mobb, Crépin, Thiéry, Golay, & Van der Linden, 2010).…”

Bariatric Surgery and Substance Use Disorders, Eating Disorders, and Other Impulse Control Disorders

“…As obesity is associated with increased impulsivity and reduced impulse control (Davis, 2010;Gruss, Mueller, Horbach, Martin, & de Zwaan, 2012;Lent & Swencionis, 2012;Mobbs, Crepin, Thiery, Golay, & Van der Linden, 2010;Müller et al, 2012;van Hout, van Oudheusden, & van Heck, 2004), one might expect elevated prevalence rates of ICDs or behavioral addictions among bariatric surgery patients. ICDs have been shown to be relatively prominent in obese, pre-bariatric surgery candidates.…”