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This study aimed to evaluate the association between ABSI and dietary quality and eating behaviours in a Mediterranean clinical population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025101729_as2\">\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional study analysing associations between ABSI and diet\/behaviour using Pearson correlations and multivariable linear regressions adjusted for age, sex and BMI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025101729_as3\">\n                    <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study took place at a Mediterranean diet-based nutrition clinic in Rome, Italy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025101729_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The sample included 1640 adult patients attending follow-up visits at the clinic. ABSI\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      -scores were calculated and standardised by age and sex. Weekly food intake was assessed using 7-day food diaries, and behavioural preferences were collected via structured questionnaires.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025101729_as5\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The Pearson correlation between BMI and internal\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      -scored ABSI (zABSI) was weak but statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7113,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0\u00b70001), confirming that ABSI captures body shape independently from BMI. As expected, ABSI strongly correlated with WC (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b778,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0\u00b7001). Playing a sport was inversely associated with zABSI (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u20130\u00b7365,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0\u00b7001). Nighttime eating (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7237,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7001), snacking between meals (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7133,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7014) and preference for sweet over salty foods (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7025,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0\u00b7010) were positively associated with higher ABSI values.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980025101729_as6\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this Mediterranean clinical sample, ABSI identified behavioural and dietary correlates of body shape-related risk. Promoting physical activity and addressing nighttime eating may help improve anthropometric profiles linked to abdominal fat distribution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980025101729","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,26]],"date-time":"2025-12-26T10:46:58Z","timestamp":1766746018000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Behavioral and dietary determinants of central adiposity assessed by ABSI in a mediterranean clinical sample"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7509-5487","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Lombardo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02rwycx38","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"San Raffaele Open University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jesse C.","family":"Krakauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nir Y.","family":"Krakauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"City College of New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.molmet.2017.03.008"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11892-003-0020-2"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/metabo13050587"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20237114"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2024.1364722"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1008734107"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0039504"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref40","first-page":"e26581","article-title":"Identifying subgroups of eating behavior traits unrelated to obesity using functional connectivity and feature representation learning","volume":"4","author":"Choi","journal-title":"Hum Brain Mapp."},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/nxy260"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcmg.2014.07.017"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nutres.2024.07.001"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/nu11051018"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejim.2011.10.020"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0185013"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1096\/fasebj.24.1_supplement.931.4"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jpm12122014"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-030-84763-0_18"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/srep18495"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/obr.12666"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.116.151332"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.20517\/2394-5079.2024.88"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0587.2012.07348.x"},{"key":"S1368980025101729_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"10. 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