SynthesisJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2021
Stress-Induced Eating Among Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: a Systematic Review.
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- Associations Between Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Stress Among African American Adults Using Ecological Momentary Assessment Methodology: A Narrative Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Association Between Maladaptive Eating Behaviors Among Black Women and Vicarious Racial Discrimination Following a High-Profile Event.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Measuring the Interrelationships Between Cognitive Performance, Race/Ethnicity, Discrimination, Health Behaviors, and Physiological Dysregulation: A Path Analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
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- Habitual behavioural control moderates the relation between daily perceived stress and purging.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Differences in Body Weight According to Skin Color and Sex in Mexican Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Stress-induced eating in rural adolescents: Unique variability among boys and adolescents with obesity.Appetite · 2024Article
- Emotional dysregulation moderates the relation between perceived stress and emotional eating in adolescent military dependents.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Perspective: Nutrition Health Disparities Framework: A Model to Advance Health Equity.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Unveiling Lived Experiences: Exploring the Health and Lifestyle Effects of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Healthcare provider-delivered healthy eating recommendations among U.S. Hispanic/Latino adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Stress, trauma, and perception of eating behavior changes during the first weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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- A Study of United States Registered Dietitian Nutritionists during COVID-19: From Impact to Adaptation.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveRacial/ethnic disparities in obesity may be due, in part, to minority groups consuming more energy-rich diets in response to greater stress exposure. The present study systematically reviewed the literature describing the effects of stress on food consumption among various racial/ethnic groups in the US.
methodsPubMed and PsycINFO databases were searched for studies reporting associations between stress and food consumption by different racial/ethnic groups, conducted between January 1, 1999 to November 25, 2019. The search included terms related to food consumption, stress, and race/ethnicity. After screening 3660 records, 30 studies were included for review.
resultsThe selected studies assessed diverse stressors and eating constructs; African-American and Hispanic/Latinx were the most commonly studied minority groups. Studies generally supported that diverse forms of stress exposure are associated with reduced healthy eating patterns and increased obesogenic eating patterns across racial/ethnic groups. However, studies that directly compared stress-eating associations among multiple racial/ethnic groups showed mixed results.
conclusionMembers of diverse racial/ethnic groups are susceptible to stress-induced unhealthy eating patterns, though evidence is insufficient to conclude whether the degree of susceptibility differs among groups. Additional studies utilizing observational measures of food intake and culturally sensitive measures of stress are needed to identify the most influential stressors on dietary behaviors, to assess whether some stressors are more salient for given racial/ethnic groups, and to examine the extent to which stress-induced eating contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in obesity and obesity-related diseases.
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