**5. Conclusions**

The main objective of the present study was to explore cognitive factors associated to FA symptoms in adolescents, by comparing adolescents with a significant number of symptoms to a control group, on multiple neuropsychological tasks. Even though our results did not show any significant differences or impairments on the key scores of the tasks, outcomes allowed some interesting comments and hypotheses on the potential vulnerability factors of FA in adolescents. Firstly, it highlighted the absence of clear cognitive impairment or difficulties in adolescents with a high level of FA symptoms, as assessed with neuropsychological tasks. Even though some subtle cognitive distinctions have been observed and discussed, we cannot actually conclude that cognitive difficulties are implied in the emergence of FA symptoms. Then, a prominent finding was the distinction between self-reported questionnaires and neuropsychological tasks, in the discrimination of adolescents with and without FA symptoms. Regarding this finding, we suggested that self-reported measures assessing depressive symptoms (or negative affect), impulsivity, and executive functioning difficulties were more sensitive than the computerized tasks to assess the severity of this condition. It suggests that the presence of FA symptoms in adolescents could be accompanied with a more impaired self-reported condition, including internalized symptoms, in a developmental period of major changes and distress. At this stage, the propensity to experiment negative affect and difficulties in regulating them could represent a central vulnerability factor in the development of an addictive-like pattern of eating, and should be a focal point in the future research, the clinical assessment and treatment of this condition. More studies are needed to clarify the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying FA in adolescents.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, C.R. and C.B.; methodology, C.R. and C.B.; software, C.R. and C.B.; validation, C.R., C.B. and S.I.; formal analysis, C.R.; investigation, C.R.; resources, C.B.; data curation, C.R.; writing—original draft preparation, C.R. and C.B.; writing—review and editing, C.R., C.B. and S.I.; visualization, C.R., C.B. and S.I.; supervision, C.B. and S.I.; project administration, C.R.; funding acquisition, C.B. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding. Mr. Christopher Rodrigue reports a doctoral training grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec–Santé (FRQS) during his doctoral studies.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors thank the participants of the study, for their collaboration. This research constitutes part of the Ph.D. thesis of C.R. at the Laval University.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
