Adolescent girls who engage in heightened levels of repetitive negative thinking are more likely to engage in disordered eating habits, according to new research published in the scientific journal Eating Behaviors. The findings provide preliminary evidence that targeting repetitive negative thinking in adolescence may decrease binge eating behavior. “Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that often start in adolescence, and I wanted to examine risk factors for eating disorders during this critical period. Repetitive negative thinking, the uncontrollable and repetitive processing of th…
