Emotion regulation among bariatric seeking patients with obesity and food addiction: a cross-sectional, unmatched nested case-control comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotion dysregulation, alexithymia and attentional biases toward food or emotional stimuli have been reported in patients with obesity and food addiction (FA), but the relative contribution of obesity or FA to these characteristics remains unclear. Our objectives were to compare patients with obesity and FA, patients with obesity without FA and patients without obesity regarding cognitive emotion regulation strategies, alexithymia, emotion regulation difficulties, and attentional biases.

Methods

We included 37 bariatric seeking patients (18 FA, 19 without FA) and 37 controls in a cross-sectional, unmatched nested case-control design. We assessed food addiction (YFAS 2.0), emotional regulation strategies (CERQ), emotion regulation difficulties (DERS), alexithymia (

SUBMITTER: Madieta L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706897 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature