Emotional over- and under-eating in early childhood are learned not inherited

Abstract Emotional overeating (EOE) has been associated with increased obesity risk, while emotional undereating (EUE) may be protective. Interestingly, EOE and EUE tend to correlate positively, but it is unclear whether they reflect different aspects of the same underlying trait, or are distinct be...

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Main Authors: Moritz Herle, Alison Fildes, Silje Steinsbekk, Fruhling Rijsdijk, Clare H. Llewellyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09519-0