Disordered Minds, Disordered Meals: When Emotions Masquerade as Hunger in Eating Disorders—A Systematic Review
Giuseppe Marano·Marianna Mazza·Camilla Scialpi·Antonio Sottile·Oksana Di Giacomi·Caterina Brisi·Gianandrea Traversi·Osvaldo Mazza·Esmeralda Capristo·Gabriele Sani·Eleonora Gaetani·Marco Lanzetta
Emotion dysregulation and altered interoceptive processing are increasingly recognized as core processes in eating disorder (ED) psychopathology. Difficulties in identifying, tolerating, and regulating negative emotional states may interact with reduced trust in bodily signals and distorted interpretation of hunger and satiety cues, contributing to maladaptive eating behaviors. The aim of this PRISMA-guided qualitative systematic review was to synthesize original empirical evidence on the intera