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. 2020 Mar 31;22(3):e15700. doi: 10.2196/15700

Table 3.

Topics of emotional eating behavior and distinguishable linguistic differences.

Number Topic Frequent words Additional words found in the topic
EEa 1 Addressing feelings Feel, good, love, really, depress, food, hate, ever, much, change, and big Defeated, disgusting, hopeless, bad, full, shit, guilty, hungry, famished, better, nice, and satisfying
EE 2 Sharing physical changes Weight, lose, lb, pound, gain, lose, weight, get, diet, time, loss, exercise, track, lose, and scale Shape, scalable value, nonscalable value, progress, accomplishment, regular, successful, courage, and back
EE 3 Sharing or asking for dietary information Food, drink, meal, snack, pizza, breakfast, sugar, work, chocolate, fruit, chicken, soda, cream, chip, salad, ice, bread, and veggie Carbohydrate, fat, protein, ideas, triggers, advice, daily, nutrition, water, experience, and favorite
EE 4 Sharing dietary strategies Binge, think, food, eat, emotion, mental, help, binge eating, and control Keto, calorie in/calorie out, yoyoing, couch to 5K, 1200 cal, diet, protein, extreme, and appetite

aEE: emotional eating.