Mediation of emotional and external eating between dieting and food intake or BMI gain in women

Dieting to control body weight is often associated with weight gain, particularly so in women; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In a series of studies on women, we examined whether the relationship between dieting and weight gain can be explained by (serial) mediation of emotional eating (EE) and/or subsequent external eating (EX). In a pilot study (116 women), we first assessed this (serial) mediation between dieting or dietary...