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Body uneasiness is associated with food addiction symptoms: A cross-sectional study.

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The main aim of the present study was to investigate the association between food addiction (FA) symptoms and body uneasiness in a nonclinical sample, while controlling for potential confounding variables. Participants (N = 395; 123 men) were administered self-report measures assessing FA, binge eating severity, body uneasiness, depressive symptoms, emotion dysregulation and socio-demographic variables. Body uneasiness was independently associated with FA symptoms (standardized beta coefficients ranging between 0.41 [p < 0.001] and 0.22 [p < 0.001]), even when controlling for the presence of other variables. This finding suggests that body uneasiness may be a crucial symptom in the development and/or maintenance of FA symptoms.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association
Volume
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26
Issue
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6
Number of Pages
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638-644
ISSN Number
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1072-4133
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2640
DOI
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10.1002/erv.2640
Short Title
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Eur Eat Disord Rev
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