doi:10.3390/nu14153033engManeschy, I.Moreno, L. A.Rupérez, A. I.Jimeno, A.Miguel-Berges, M. L.Widhalm, K.Kafatos, A.Molina-Hidalgo, C.Molnar, D.Gottrand, F.Le Donne, C.Manios, Y.Grammatikaki, E.González-Gross, M.Kersting, M.Dallongeville, J.Gómez-Martinez, S.Henauw, S. deSantaliestra-Pasías, A. M.on behalf of the HELENA, Study GroupEating behavior associated with food intake in European adolescents participating in the HELENA studyART-2022-130048Adolescence is recognized as a time of rapid physiological and behavioral change. In this transition, eating behavior is still being formed and remains an integral part of a person’s lifestyle throughout his or her life. This study aims to assess eating behavior and associations with food intake in European adolescents. We included 2194 adolescents (45.9% boys), aged 12.5 to 17.5 years, from the cross-sectional HELENA study, with two completed 24 h recalls and complete questionnaire data on their eating behavior (Eating Behavior and Weight Problems Inventory for Children- EWI-C). Three subscales of the EWI were evaluated; they measured Strength and motivation to eat (EWI 1), Importance and impact of eating (EWI 2), and Eating as a means of coping with emotional stress (EWI 3). Since these subscales were specially focused on eating behavior, participants were classified as either Low (=P75) or High (>P75) on each of the subscales. Our results showed a higher consumption of different types of food, in the EWI 1 scales, linked to the hunger and interest in eating, and we observed a relationship with the consumption of energy-dense products. This result was repeated in EWI 3, the subscale linked to emotional eating, where we also found higher consumption of energy-dense products. This study suggests that special features of eating behavior are associated with food intake in adolescents.2022http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/11893010.3390/nu14153033http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118930oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118930info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/FP6/FOOD-CT-2005-007034Nutrients 14, 15 (2022), 3033 [15 pp.]byhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess