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The intentional restriction of food intake to prevent weight gain or to promote weight loss. Restrained eating is consistently linked with overeating behaviors in response to negative psychological processes incurred by breaking self-imposed dietary boundaries and violating internal goals (Verzijl & Ahlich, 2018).
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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Restricted/Restrained Eating. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
https://www.nutritional-psychology.org/encyclopedia/restricted-restrained-eating/
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