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SUBMITTER: Shank LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717524 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shank Lisa M LM Tanofsky-Kraff Marian M Kelly Nichole R NR Jaramillo Manuela M Rubin Sarah G SG Altman Deborah R DR Byrne Meghan E ME LeMay-Russell Sarah S Schvey Natasha A NA Broadney Miranda M MM Brady Sheila M SM Yang Shanna B SB Courville Amber B AB Ramirez Sophie S Crist Alexa C AC Yanovski Susan Z SZ Yanovski Jack A JA
Appetite 20190722
<h4>Objective</h4>Alexithymia, or the difficulty identifying or describing one's own emotions, may be a risk factor for dysregulated eating and excess weight gain. However, the relationships between alexithymia and eating behaviors in community samples of non-clinical youth have not been well-characterized. We hypothesized that alexithymia would be positively associated with disordered and disinhibited eating in a community-based sample of boys and girls without an eating disorder.<h4>Method</h4 ...[more]