2.5.5. Eating Behavior

To analyze the eating behavior of the patients, we employed the 'Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire' (DEBQ) [23,24], which comprises 33 items and uses a 5-point Likert scale to evaluate 3 eating styles, emotional eating (13 items), external eating (10 items), and restrained eating (10 items), with higher scores indicating greater agreement with the eating behavior statements.
