2.3.2. Emotional Eating

The Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (*EMAQ*) is a 22-item self-report questionnaire assessing variations of food intake in response to different emotional states and situations [39,40]. The scale contains 9 items assessing negative emotions, 5 items assessing positive emotions, 5 items assessing negative situations, and 3 items assessing positive situations. For each item, participants were asked to rate on a 9-point Likert-type scale whether they ate less (from 1 to 4), the same (5), or more (from 6 to 9) food compared to usual. In the present study, we used the EMAQ global positive score (obtained by averaging the EMAQ-positive emotions and positive situations scores) and the EMAQ global negative score (obtained by averaging negative emotions and negative situations scores). In this sample, Cronbach's alphas were 0.88 for the *EMAQ-Positive* subscale and 0.83 for the *EMAQ-Negative* subscale.

#### 2.3.3. Intuitive Eating

The Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (*IES-2*) is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess attitudes and behaviors towards eating in response to physiological cues [41,42]. The IES-2 encompasses 18 items divided into three subscales: *Eating for Physical rather than Emotional Reasons* (EPR: 8 items), *Reliance on* *Hunger and Satiety Cues* (RHSC: 4 items), and *Unconditional Permission to Eat* (UPE: 6 items). Items were answered using a 5-point response format ranging from 1 ("*Strongly disagree*") to 5 ("*Strongly agree*"). In this sample, Cronbach's alpha was 0.90 for the EPR subscale, 0.87 for the RHSC subscale. and 0.70 for the UPE subscale.
