Emotion dysregulation and pediatric obesity: investigating the role of Internet addiction and eating behaviors on this relationship in an adolescent sample.

CONCLUSION: This cross-sectional study showed that the association between emotion dysregulation and BMI-SDS was totally mediated by internet addiction and uncontrolled/emotional eating. In addition, emotion dysregulation and Internet addiction were significant determinants of OB. A prospective study is needed to detect the causal relationship between these variables.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, case-control analytic study.
PMID: 32893330 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - September 5, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Yilmaz Kafali H, Uçaktürk SA, Mengen E, Akpinar S, Erguven Demirtas M, Uneri OS Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research