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Reanalyzing The Activity Anorexia Protocol Using An Addiction Theory, Rolando Alfredo Botello
Reanalyzing The Activity Anorexia Protocol Using An Addiction Theory, Rolando Alfredo Botello
Theses and Dissertations
One researched and developed phenomenon is activity anorexia (AA) in rats and its resemblance to the human pathology anorexia nervosa (AN). Researchers have long relied on this comparative model for AN as AA. This study aims to reanalyze the overt physiological phenomena of AA to test an addictive theory against the prevalent AA theory. Equal numbers of subjects could eat or run during a one hour feeding period and all activity was monitored per 30 minutes. Results showed that daily running correlated with an increase in food consumption with no effect of food suppression. The only factor that regressed to …