Eatıng behavıours and alexıthymıc features of obese and overweıght adolescents.

AQC scores are significantly higher in O+OWcompared to N (p:0,009). Both emotional and restrained eating scores are higher in O+OW (p<0,001 for both). On the other hand, external eating scores do not have any significant difference. In O+OW, external eating is positively associated with HOMA-IR (r:035, p:0,006), but is not associated with fasting blood glucose and HbA1c (r:-0,05, p:0,62; r:-0,05, p:0,73). Regression analysis shows that restrained and emotional eatings are predictors of O+OW (B:0,1, p<0,001; B:0,06, p:0,001). Emotional eating is positively correlated with AQC and RCADS-CV in O+OW (r: 0,29, p: 0,008; r:0,48, p<0,001) CONCLUSION: Obese and overweight adolescents are more alexithymic than normal weight adolescents. Also, alexithymia scores are positively associated with emotional eating. On the other hand,alexithymia is not a predictor of obesity/overweight. Restrained and emotional eatingsare predictors of obesity/overweight. Emotional and restrained eatingsare more common in obese and overweight adolescents compared to normal weighted adolescents. External eating is not significantly associated with obesity, but is related with insuline resistance.