Duygusal Yeme

Abstract

One of the prerequisites of being healthy is to be nourished well-balanced and sufficient. Nutrition is a behaviour which must be conducted consciously to protect and promote health, and to increase quality of life. Meeting nutrition need is important as a biological requirement but also important for psychological aspects. When individuals get angry or feel themselves under pressure, they can start overeating. One of this kind of eating problems is called emotional eating which is used to describe the term of tend to overeating when negative feelings occur. The risk groups for emotional eating may include children and adolescents, obese individuals etc. Stress, depression, parent modelling, anger, boredom and happiness can effect emotional eating. In this review, literature about "emotional eating" was examined.

The effect of sociodemographic characteristics of university students on emotional eating behavior

“…Nutrition is a behavior to conduct consciously to protect and promote health and lead a quality life. 1 Emotional eating is defined as the behavior of overeating to cope with negative emotions. Individuals displaying emotional eating behavior eat for the sake of their motives outside hunger.…”

“…In emotional eating, individuals usually consume food high in fat and sugar. 1,3,4 Thus, emotional eating plays an active role in obesity etiology. Approximately, half of overweight/obese adults approve high levels of emotional eating.…”

“…In addition, it is indicated that emotional eating will lead to weight gain and weight loss in the course of time. 1,5,6 As the youth studying in universities remains separate from the family environment they are accustomed to, their stress levels increase (academic pressure, financial difficulty, etc), and they become more open to external impacts. Thus, nutrition may become a great problem for students in this group.…”

“…9 Studies on emotional eating and its determinants may be useful in planning health education interventions that can contribute to obesity prevention efforts. 1 Therefore, revealing emotional eating disorder in the youth who will shape the future will be an important step for creating healthier societies by taking national and regional precautions.…”

COVID-19 pandemisinin yetişkinlerin diyet davranışları, fiziksel aktivite ve stres düzeyleri üzerine etkisi

“…Farklı ülkelerde kısıtlamalar sırasında yetişkinlerin diyet davranışlarını inceleyen benzer çalışmalarda bireylerin izolasyon, uyaran eksikliği ve can sıkıntısı gibi nedenlerle beslenme rutinlerinin değiştiği ve diyetlerini yeterince kontrol edemedikleri bulunmuştur 5,11,20 . Ayrıca çalışmalar yoğun stresli ve kaygılı durumlarda insanların durum ile daha iyi baş etmek için tipik tepki olarak daha fazla yeme eğiliminde oldukları ve enerji yoğunluğu yüksek çikolata, cips, çerez, fastfood gıdalar gibi sağlıksız yiyecekleri tüketmeye yöneldiği göstermektedir 18,[27][28][29] . Bireyler strese daha fazla yiyerek yanıt verdiklerinde, seçilen yiyeceklerin tipik olarak daha yüksek şeker ve yağ oranına sahip olduğu bildirilmektedir 28,29 .…”