Stress induced hyperphagia in <i>C</i>. <i>elegans</i> as a genetic model for binge eating disorders

Binge eating (BE) is often triggered by stress, dieting, and adverse environmental factors, and represents a common precursor to eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and BE disorder. Stress-induced hyperphagia captures core features of binge-like feeding and shares neurobiological substrates