Quantifying the Eating Abnormalities in Frontotemporal Dementia

Rebekah M. Ahmed, Muireann Irish, Jonathan Kam, Jolanda van Keizerswaard, Lauren Bartley, Katherine Samaras, John R. Hodges, Olivier Piguet

JAMA Neurology · 2014 · 112 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Abnormal eating behaviors are prominent in patients with bvFTD and those with SD and are not limited to increased appetite. The observed higher intake of sugar and carbohydrates was found in patients with the FTD subtypes and those with higher body mass index and waist circumference and was not explained simply by increased hunger or lower satiety.

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