Running head: APPROACH/AVOIDANCE TENDENCIES FOR FOOD IN ANOREXIA 1 Automatic Approach/Avoidance Tendencies Towards Food and the Course of Anorexia Nervosa. Renate A.M. Neimeijer MSc 1,2* , Prof Dr. Peter J. de Jong 1 , Dr. Anne Roefs 3 1 Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Center for Eating Disorders, Accare, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Fazantenlaan 1, 9422 EZ Smilde, The Netherlands, 3 Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Postbus 616 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands * Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Renate A.M. Neimeijer, Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 (0)50 3636363. Fax: +31 (0)50 3637602. E-mail: r.a.m.neimeijer@rug.nl. Neimeijer, R.A.M., de Jong, P.J., & Roefs, A. (in press). Automatic approach/avoidance tendencies towards food and the course of anorexia nervosa, Appetite, doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.018