Authors
Neli Escandón Nagel, Antonia Fredericksen, Carlos Baeza Henríquez, Lea Vallejos-Barrera
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Nutricion hospitalaria. Sep 16, 2026. Epub Sep 16, 2026.
Abstract
binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder and is linked to overweight/obesity, negative affect, and dysregulated eating patterns.
to examine the impact of negative affect, emotional eating, and external eating on BED symptomatology in women with overweight or obesity, taking into account life stage and nutritional status.
participants were 313 Chilean women aged 18-61 years, with a BMI ≥ 25 and at least two binge episodes in the past month. The DEBQ (emotional and external subscales), BEDS-7, and PANAS (negative affect) were administered. MANOVA/ANOVA, mediation, and multiple regression analyses were performed, controlling for age and BMI.
MANOVA showed a significant effect of nutritional status on the set of dependent variables (negative affect, emotional eating, external eating, and BED symptomatology). ANOVA indicated that emotional eating was higher among women with obesity compared to those with overweight, with no differences by life stage and no interaction effects. Mediation analysis revealed that the association between negative affect and BED symptomatology was partially mediated, and only through emotional eating. Multiple regression accounted for 21.2 % of the variance in BED symptomatology, with negative affect and emotional eating as significant predictors. Age was inversely associated with BED symptomatology.
negative affect and emotional eating play a key role in BED symptomatology. Emotional regulation should be prioritized in prevention and treatment efforts, with particular attention to younger women.
PMID:
42775630
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 23 Sep 2026.
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