Trial reportAppetite2010
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Feeding the feelings: gender differences in emotional eating during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Everyday eating experiences of chocolate and non-chocolate snacks impact postprandial anxiety, energy and emotional states.Nutrients · 2012Trial
- The Physiology of the WEight-Reduced State (POWERS) study: environmental, psychological, and social determinants of health.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Among Weight Stigma, Psychological Distress, and Eating Behaviors in Youth with Obesity: A Clinical Sample.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The development of emotional overeating: a longitudinal twin study from toddlerhood to early adolescence.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Beyond the hot flashes: how machine learning is uncovering the complexity of menopause-related depression.CNS spectrums · 2025Article
- Overgeneralization of autonomic defensive reactions in obesity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Pilot Multisensory Approach for Emotional Eating: Pivoting from Virtual Reality to a 2-D Telemedicine Intervention during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Brain-gut microbiome profile of neuroticism predicts food addiction in obesity: A transdiagnostic approach.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2023Article
- Emotional Eating: Psychosocial Bases, Accordingly Directed Treatment Design, and Longitudinal Effects in Women with Obesity.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2023Article
- Determining the relationship between anxiety levels, stress coping styles, and emotional eating of women in the COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2022Article
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- Time estimation and passage of time judgment predict eating behaviors during COVID-19 lockdown.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Increased emotional eating during COVID-19 associated with lockdown, psychological and social distress.Appetite · 2021Article
- Relationship between body image, anxiety, food-specific inhibitory control, and emotional eating in young women with abdominal obesity: a comparative cross-sectional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ) in Spanish Colleges.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Change in emotional eating after bariatric surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.BJS open · 2020Review
- Effects of chronic stress on reinstatement of palatable food seeking: Sex differences and relationship to trait anxiety.Physiology & behavior · 2020Article
- Personal and Psychological Traits Influencing the Willingness to Pay for Food with Nutritional Claims: A Comparison between Vice and Virtue Food Products.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Relationship between psychological stress and metabolism in morbidly obese individuals.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020Article
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Abstract
The present study examined whether trait anxiety and trait anger are associated with vulnerability to emotional eating, particularly among obese individuals. Lean (n = 37) and obese (n = 24) participants engaged in a laboratory study where they completed measures of trait anxiety and trait anger at screening and then completed 3 counterbalanced experimental sessions involving different mood inductions (neutral, anxiety, anger). Following each mood induction, participants were provided with snack foods in a sham taste test. Models predicting snack intake revealed a significant trait anxiety×body mass index group interaction, such that high trait anxiety was positively associated with food intake for obese individuals, but not their lean counterparts. Contrary to the hypothesis, trait anger was not associated with food intake for obese or lean participants. Results suggest that trait anxiety may be a risk factor for emotional eating among obese individuals.
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