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.