The findings may also shed light on the barriers people face when changing eating habits—barriers that may play a role in people dropping out of treatments, she said.
她说,研究结果还可能揭示人们在改变饮食习惯时所面临的障碍——这些障碍可能会导致人们退出治疗。
"when changing eating habits" 是 when 引导的时间状语从句的省略形式。由于从句主语与主句相关成分 people 一致,且从句含有 be 动词结构,可省略主语和 be,完整形式可理解为 "when people are changing eating habits"。省略后只保留现在分词短语 "changing eating habits"。