Bidirectional regulatory effects of exercise on emotional eating in depression: an ERP-based narrative review (opens in new tab)

Depression is frequently accompanied by emotional eating (EE). However, existing research has largely reduced EE to excessive food intake, overlooking the two opposing phenotypes within depressive populations: emotional overeating (EOE) and emotional undereating (EUE). Furthermore, self-report measures are limited in capturing the dynamic neural processes triggered by negative emotions. To address these issues, this narrative review integrated event-related potential (ERP) evidence from studi...