Food-Approach Eating Behaviors and Brain Morphology: The Generation R Study.

ABSTRACT: Food-approach eating behaviors are associated with an increased risk of developing overweight/obesity and binge-eating disorder, while obesity and binge-eating disorder have also been linked with altered brain morphology in adults. To understand these associations, we examined the association of food-approach eating behaviors during childhood with adolescents' brain morphology. The sample included 1,781 adolescents with assessments of eating behaviors at ages 4 and 10 years and brain imaging data at 13 years from a large, population-based cohort. Food approach eating behaviors (enjoyment of food, emotional overeating, and food responsiveness) were assessed using the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Additionally, we assessed binge eating symptoms using two items from the Development and

SUBMITTER: Dmitrichenko O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014090 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature