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Most participants had no prior diagnosis of hypertension, elevated glucose, or diabetes, though 61.9% were overweight or obese.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings suggest that when compared to men, women reported higher symptoms of depression and emotional grazing, while also reporting lower hyperphagic eating. No significant differences were found for T2DM risk, irrational food beliefs, anxiety, hedonic eating, disorganized eating, or compulsive eating. On the other hand, anxiety, depression, and age modestly predicted T2DM risk, explaining 18.1% of its variance. Depression was linked to all eating behaviors, while irrational food beliefs predicted some eating phenotypes but not T2DM risk. Although sex was associated with specific eating patterns, it did not predict diabetes risk. 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