ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Emotional Eating in Adults: The Role of Sociodemographics, Lifestyle Behaviors, and Self-Regulation-Findings from a U.S. National Study.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05347914 (Mobile Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Non-Homeostatic Food Cravings in Emotional Eaters), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mobile Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Non-Homeostatic Food Cravings in Emotional Eaters: Research Pilot
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Analysis of Influence of Experienced Stress and Emotional Eating on Body Mass in a Population of Polish Female Adolescents: PLACE-19 Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of emotional and binge eating in UK adults enrolled on the NHS low-calorie diet pilot for type 2 diabetes.Clinical obesity · 2025Article
- Factors associated with ultra-processed foods consumption: cooking and food preparation skills and food literacy.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Negative affectivity and eating behavior: Differential relationships between young and middle-aged adults.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Emotional Eating and Its Relationship with Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Study in College Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Eating Behaviors and Skin Carotenoids in Pregnant Women: The Moderating Influence of Depressive Symptoms and Income.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Association of Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors with Emotional Eating: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nutritional habits and eating attitude in university students during the last wave of COVID-19 in Spain.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Association between Psychological and Behavioral Economic Factors and the Rapid Assessment Disuse Index (RADI) during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Geographic disparities of dietary inflammatory index and its association with hypertension in middle-aged and elders in China: results from a nationwide cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Increased self-regulation of eating behavior is associated with reduced generalized anxiety disorder in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Associations among eating behaviors, food security status, and dietary intake during pregnancy.Appetite · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmotional eating, the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions, has been linked to weight gain. However, scant evidence exists examining the prevalence and correlates of emotional eating among large samples of adults in the United States (U.S.). Hence, we examine the relationship among individual and socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and self-regulation with emotional eating patterns among U.S. adults.
methodsCross-sectional analysis of 5863 Family Health Habits Survey participants. Multivariable, ordered, logistic regression was employed to examine the relationship between the frequency of the desire to eat when emotionally upset (never, rarely, sometimes, often, and very often) and the independent variables.
resultsAnalysis reveals that 20.5% of the sample tended to emotionally eat often or very often. Being female, non-Hispanic White, and of younger age were all related to a higher likelihood of emotional eating. Additionally, inability to delay gratification (impatience) was related to an 18% increased likelihood (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05-1.33) for emotional eating. Finally, emotional eating was significantly related to more frequent fast-food consumption.
conclusionsProgram planners might need to develop targeted interventions aimed at enhancing emotional regulation skills while addressing these less healthful behaviors (e.g., fast-food intake) with the goal of obesity and chronic disease prevention.
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