Insulin Resistance and Eating Behaviour
While emotional eating is related with psychological factors like
depression/anxiety symptoms or alexithymia, external eating is
positively but weakly correlated with HOMA-IR. However, there were no
associations between fasting blood glucose and external eating. These
findings suggest that, in obese and overweight adolescents, external
eating may not be a response to low blood glucose levels. Also, it can
be recommended to evaluate insuline levels in obese/overweight
adolescents who are reactive to the food related clues.