Food and emotion

Canetti, Laura; Bachar, Eytan; Berry, Elliot M.

doi:10.1016/s0376-6357(02)00082-7

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“…Negative life events may lead to increased food consumption, [34][35][36][37][38] particularly comfort foods, which contribute to relieving stress at a neurobiological level. 14 Negative life events may also lead to poor sleep or disruption of household routines, which have been linked to increased obesity risk.…”

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Overweight Adolescents and Life Events in Childhood

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Psychosocial stress in childhood has been associated with a greater risk of future overweight, although the associations have not always been consistent, the types of psychosocial stressors have often been somewhat extreme, and moderators of the association have rarely been examined. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Experiencing many negative life events in childhood, particularly with chronicity or events that are family health related, increases risk of overweight by age 15 years. Maternal obesity and greater delay of gratification for food each intensify this risk.abstract OBJECTIVES: To test the association of life events in childhood with overweight risk in adolescence; to examine the effects of chronicity, timing, intensity, valence, and type of life events; and to test potential moderators.

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“…The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation is thought to contribute to appetite dysregulation and subsequent weight gain in stressed individuals. 59,60 Symptoms of anxiety disorders may not only increase appetite, 61 but stimulate a craving for high-sugar and highfat foods. 59,[62][63][64] In addition, anxiety-associated chronic conditions (for example, asthma) can have a profound effect on functional health, which may lead to physical inactivity resulting in excess weight.…”

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The association between obesity and anxiety disorders in the population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2009

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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders in developed countries. Obesity is hypothesized to be a risk factor for anxiety disorders but evidence supporting an association between these two conditions is not clear. The objectives of this paper were to systematically review the literature for a link between obesity and anxiety disorders in the general population, and to present a pooled estimate of association. We performed a systematic search for epidemiological articles reporting on obesity (explanatory variable) and anxiety disorders (outcome variable) in seven bibliographical databases. Two independent reviewers abstracted the data and assessed study quality. We found 16 studies (2 prospective and 14 cross-sectional) that met the selection criteria. Measures of effect from prospective data were mixed but cross-sectional evidence suggested a positive association between obesity and anxiety. The pooled odds ratio from cross-sectional studies was 1.4 (confidence interval: 1.2-1.6). Subgroup analyses revealed a positive association in men and women. Overall, a moderate level of evidence exists for a positive association between obesity and anxiety disorders. Questions remain regarding the role of obesity severity and subtypes of anxiety disorders. The causal relationship from obesity to anxiety disorders could not be inferred from current data; future etiologic studies are recommended.

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“…5,6 Numerous earlier studies conducted in healthy or diseased individuals of all ages in several countries revealed interesting associations between EI scores and various beneficial or detrimental behaviors. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Previous studies postulated that dietary restraint was associated with eating disorders 9,10 and stress-induced eating, 11 but also with lower body weight [16][17][18] and success in dieting and maintenance of weight loss. [12][13][14][15][19][20][21] According to Westenhoefer et al, 15 'flexible control' exerted in dietary restraint represents a predictor of good weight management.…”

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The Eating Inventory, body adiposity and prevalence of diseases in a quota sample of Czech adults

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Objective: To study the relationships between the Eating Inventory (EI) factors (restraint, disinhibition and hunger), body adiposity and prevalence of selected diseases in a quota sample of Czech adults. Subjects and methods: The sample included 1429 men and 1624 women who were interviewed individually by trained investigators. The sample was quota representative -for gender, age, size of residential location, region and socioeconomic status in Czech adults. Anthropometric data, socioeconomic and lifestyle information were obtained. Subjects filled out the EI questionnaire. Physicians reported about subjects' morbidity. Results: Backward stepwise regression analysis revealed that restraint and disinhibition were significant predictors of body mass index (BMI) along with gender, age, parental obesity, weight loss attempts, present dieting and educational level. The same factors plus income predicted the waist circumference. BMI and waist circumference were negatively related to restraint but positively to disinhibition. According to logistic regression analysis restraint and disinhibition were significantly associated with hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and hyperlipidaemia. Diabetes was significantly related to restraint and hunger scores. The observed association between EI factors and diseases remained significant even when BMI and age were taken into account. Conclusion: As shown in earlier studies, disinhibition was positively and restraint negatively associated with BMI and waist circumference. For the first time, factors of the EI were also identified as significant predictors of diseases characterizing the metabolic syndrome.

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Food and emotion

Cited by 341 publications

References 35 publications

Overweight Adolescents and Life Events in Childhood

Overweight Adolescents and Life Events in Childhood

The association between obesity and anxiety disorders in the population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Eating Inventory, body adiposity and prevalence of diseases in a quota sample of Czech adults

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