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Introduction: Previous studies have shown that emotional eating is associated with binge eating disorder, body image disturbances and depression. Objectives: In this study we wanted to find out if there is a relationship between emotional eating and body image and life satisfaction in non-clinical sample. Methods: The study involved 182 normal participants (153 Female, 29 Male, mean age 22,6 ± 7,3), which were recruited in Moscow, Russia. Emotional eating wasmeasured by the opposite pole of Eating for Physical Rather Than Emotional Reasons subscale of Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2), body image was measured by Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used to measure the corresponding construct. Correlation analysis was performed in IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0. Results: Emotional eatingwas associated with the followingMBSRQ subscales: lower appearance evaluation (-0,431, p<0,0001), lower body areas satisfaction (-0,335, p<0,0001), as well as lower fitness evaluation (-0,208, p=0,005) and lower health evaluation (-0,182, p=0,014), but higher overweight preoccupation (0,279, p=0,0001) and overestimation of body weight (0,362, p<0,0001). It was also connected to lower satisfaction with life (-0,195, p=0,008). Conclusions: The results of the study allow us to conclude that emotional eating may pose risks to psychological health of a normal individual. It was shown that emotional eating is connected to negative evaluation of one's body appearance, fitness and health state, weight and shape concerns, and even to the lower level of satisfaction with one's life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]