The Eating Inventory and Body Adiposity from Leanness to Massive Obesity: a Study of 2509 Adults

Abstract

The factor most strongly associated with BMI in this large population was disinhibition, suggesting that obesity treatment should target behaviors associated with disinhibition, especially in individuals showing a low level of dietary restraint. High restraint scores in formerly obese normal-weight women suggest that dietary restraint may exert a beneficial influence on body weight control under conditions that deserve further investigation.