ArticleNutrients2019
Emotional Eating, Health Behaviours, and Obesity in Children: A 12-Country Cross-Sectional Study.
Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review of the efficacy of yoga and mindfulness in the management of pediatric obesity.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship between Emotional Eating, Consumption of Hyperpalatable Energy-Dense Foods, and Indicators of Nutritional Status: A Systematic Review.Journal of obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of a responsive parenting intervention on child emotional overeating is mediated by reduced maternal use of food to soothe: The INSIGHT RCT.Pediatric obesity · 2020Trial
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- Social Withdrawal, Eating Behaviors, and Daytime Sleepiness in Adolescents with Obesity: A Biopsychosocial Case-Control Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring the Impact of Emotional Eating in Children: A Narrative Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Comprehending the Epidemiology and Aetiology of Childhood Obesity: Integrating Life Course Approaches for Prevention and Intervention.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025Review
- A holistic exploration of the psychosocial, environmental, neurobiological, and individual factors influencing children's food choices: a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Psychological attributes and eating behaviors in 5- to 12-year-old children during periods of stress.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Observational
- Lifestyle Behaviours in Pre-Schoolers from Southern Spain-A Structural Equation Model According to Sex and Body Mass Index.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Sleep quality and emotional eating in college students: a moderated mediation model of depression and physical activity levels.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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- The Association of Eating Behaviour with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Adolescents in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Lace Up and Mindfulness: A Randomized Controlled Trial Intervention to Reduce Emotional Eating, Anxiety, and Sleep Disturbances in Latinx and Black Youth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Emotional eating and disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Children's eating behaviour: A comparison between normal, overweight and obese children.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Article
- Is emotional eating associated with behavioral traits and Mediterranean diet in children? A cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Eating in response to negative emotions (emotional eating, EE) may predispose an individual to obesity. Yet, it is not well known how EE in children is associated with body mass index (BMI) and health behaviours (i.e., diet, physical activity, sleep, and TV-viewing). In the present study, we examined these associations in a cross-sectional sample of 5426 (54% girls) 9⁻11-year-old children from 12 countries and five continents. EE, food consumption, and TV-viewing were measured using self-administered questionnaires, and physical activity and nocturnal sleep duration were measured with accelerometers. BMI was calculated using measured weights and heights. EE factor scores were computed using confirmatory factor analysis, and dietary patterns were identified using principal components analysis. The associations of EE with health behaviours and BMI
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