Emotions play an important role in modulating food craving. Previous studies demonstrated
that exposure to negative or positive stimuli can subsequently influence the desire to eat …

Background When individuals follow a diet or limit their food intake, they activate cognitive
restraint, which is defined as a mental effort to restrict dietary behavior with the goal of losing …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterized by an intense fear of weight gain, dietary restriction
resulting in a significant weight loss compared with what is expected, and a disturbance in …

Achieving a caloric deficit through diets and meal plans requires various actions, including
planning, consistency, and effective execution. These actions necessitate cognitive …

Based on an extensive review of the eating disorder literature, I proposed a division into
internal factors: dietary restraint, food reward, impulsivity/inflexibility, emoticons/thoughts …