Comprehending emotional eating in obese youngsters: the role of parental rejection and emotion regulation

Vandewalle, Julie; Moens, Ellen; Braet, Caroline

doi:10.1038/ijo.2013.233

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“…While the current study examined self-reported LOC eating behavior and objective energy intake, we did not specifically assess eating in response to acute negative affect. Indeed, emotional eating has been linked to emotion dysregulation (Vandewalle et al, 2014). However, given that emotional eating has not been shown to predict excess weight or fat gain, we opted to study self-reported LOC eating, a construct that has been consistently associated with adverse outcomes (Tanofsky-Kraff et al, 2006; Tanofsky-Kraff et al, 2012; Tanofsky-Kraff, Yanovski, et al, 2009).…”

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“…General linear models (GLM) were used to examine differences in parent-reported emotion dysregulation by LOC status. Covariates included age (Zimmermann & Iwanski, 2014), puberty (Crockett, Carlo, Wolff, & Hope, 2013), race (coded as non-Hispanic White or Other) (Chapman & Mullis, 2000), sex (Zimmermann & Iwanski, 2014), and fat mass (%, arcsine transformed) (Vandewalle, Moens, & Braet, 2014). GLM analyses were also used to examine the main and interaction effects of self-reported LOC status and parent-reported emotion dysregulation (centered based on the grand mean to reduce multicollinearity concerns) (Cohen, Cohen, West, & Aiken, 2003) on BMI z and fat mass.…”

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Emotion dysregulation and loss-of-control eating in children and adolescents.

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Objective To examine the associations among self-reported loss-of-control (LOC) eating, emotion dysregulation, body mass, and objective energy intake among youth. Emotion dysregulation may be one individual factor that promotes excess energy intake and increases in body mass among youth with LOC eating. Methods Children and adolescents (N=230; 8 to 17 years) enrolled in a non-intervention study completed a structured interview to determine the presence or absence of self-reported LOC eating. Children’s emotion dysregulation was assessed via parent-report with the Child Behavior Checklist. Youth also completed two test meals to capture “binge” and “normal” eating. Body composition was examined using air displacement plethysmography. Results After controlling for relevant covariates, youth with self-reported LOC eating had higher parent-reported emotion dysregulation than those without LOC. Parent-reported emotion dysregulation was also associated with greater observed energy intake (after accounting for body mass), as well as higher fat mass. Emotion dysregulation also moderated associations between LOC status/sex and body mass variables; among youth with self-reported LOC eating and girls, those with high parent-described emotion dysregulation (versus low) had significantly higher fat mass and BMIz. Conclusions Data from the current study suggest that emotion dysregulation may play a role in energy intake and obesity, particularly among youth with self-reported LOC eating and girls. Additional studies are needed to identify the prospective mechanisms linking poor emotion regulation and LOC eating. These mechanisms, in turn, may inform future interventions targeting excess energy intake and obesity in pediatric samples.

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Emotion dysregulation and loss-of-control eating in children and adolescents.

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“…Consequently, emotional eating is the result of self-inability to regulate emotions, and this maladaptive strategy might underlie the relationship between emotional dysregulation and obesity by modifying dietary intake (50,51,65) . Studies in children and adolescents have revealed an association between maladaptive ER strategies and emotional eating (83,(86)(87)(88) . However, different maladaptive strategies of ER have been assessed in these studies and this may lead to bias in the results.…”

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“…Finally, it is strongly supported that certain parenting styles, such as the authority and permissive parenting style, increase the risk of overweight (59,114) , especially those children who fail to delay gratification or have poor self-regulation (115) . Indeed, it has been suggested that ER mediates the relationship of parental attachment with emotional eating or unhealthy food consumption and sedentary activities in children (87,112) .…”

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The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

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Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity. Since the management process for emotions (emotion regulation; ER) is developed in childhood, we present a novel conceptual framework model for the role of ER in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. A narrative review of the literature by electronic database search (MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Scopus) was conducted of observational and interventional/experimental literature on ER and obesity and the underlying concepts. We also present an overview of ER intervention techniques. Our model indicates that childhood ER is a link between stress and obesity. Stress along with ineffective ER leads to abnormal cortisol patterns, emotional eating, sedentary lifestyle, reduction of physical activity, and sleep problems. Simultaneously, a healthy lifestyle could show benefits on ER and in developing adaptive ER strategies. In the development of obesity and ER, parents also play a role. By contrast, effective ER skills decrease obesity-related unhealthy behaviour and enhance protective factors, which boost health. The literature contains some observational studies of children but very few intervention studies, most of which are pilot or on-going studies. In conclusion, encouraging effective ER could be a useful new approach for combating and treating childhood obesity. Future ER intervention studies are needed to confirm the validity of this model in children.

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“…Some studies indicate that obesity is related to disturbed general ways to regulate and process emotions, which in turn may indicate emotional eating, the tendency to eat when experiencing negative affect [8][9][10][11]. The concept of emotional eating derives originally from Bruch's psychosomatic theory [12,13] in which eating is considered to be a response to distress, as consequence of an inability to distinguish hunger from other aversive internal states, probably because of early learning experiences.…”

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