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news-medical.net · 2026-10-29
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$3.7 million grant awarded to assess the impact of testosterone on binge eating
news-medical.net · 2026-10-29
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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedA team of clinical scientists from Michigan State University and Texas A&M University received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to assess the impact of testosterone on binge eating risk in women.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe study is described as the first to examine testosterone effects on binge eating risk in women.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedThe researchers plan to examine testosterone on its own and in combination with estradiol and progesterone, using new hormone measures plus longitudinal data from the Michigan State University Twin Registry to study how hormones, genetics, and binge eating interact in a large sample of women.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe article says prior research from the Klump lab found that estrogen and progesterone influence binge eating risk in women.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers
A Pilot and Feasibility Study of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills and Metabolic Outcomes in Premenopausal Women with Overweight or Obesity.
Women · 2026 · PubMed
Preserved Forearm Endothelial Responses with Acute Exposure to Progesterone: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial of 17- Estradiol, Progesterone, and 17- Estradiol with Progesterone in Healthy Menopausal Women
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2000 · Crossref
A neurodevelopmental model of eating disorder risk in midlife to older adulthood.
2026 · Europe PMC
Gondal hormones and binge eating in females: developmental and etiologic insights from puberty to adulthood.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Effects of estradiol and progesterone on binge‐type eating in ovarectomized female rats
The FASEB Journal · 2008 · Crossref