Emotional eating, alexithymia, and binge-eating disorder in obese women

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Pinaquy, Sandrine ^a   Chabrol, Henri ^a   Simon, Chantal ^b   Louvet, Jean Pierre ^c   Barbe, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Binge eating disorder; Depression; Emotional eating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0043231575     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.31     Document Type: Article

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