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Authors
Coelho, Carol https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5474-3280
Ramos, Rita https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-7179
Rodrigues, Tânia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-3489
Gonçalves, Sónia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-1503
Machado, Paulo P. P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-9203
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/01662/2025)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/01662/2025)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/01662/2025)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/01662/2025)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/01662/2025)
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Article History
Received: 29 April 2026
Accepted: 10 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval by the Ethics Committee for Research in Social and Human Sciences of the University of Minho, Portugal (CEICSH 028-2023). Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.
Competing interests: PPM is Associate Editor of the Journal of Eating Disorders; all other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Declaration of generative AL and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process: We would like to acknowledge the use of AI-assisted tools for language editing. The authors reviewed and edited the manuscript as needed and take full responsibility for its content.
