Influence of stress on snack consumption in middle school girls

Abstract

Stress has been known to change dietary behaviors and food intakes in individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of stress level on the frequency and the amount of snack consumption. The high stress group (HS) showed significantly higher frequency of consumption for bread, chips, cookies, ramyeon, and frozen snacks (p<0.05) compared to low stress group (LS) with higher frequency of snack consumption (p<0.01), and increased intakes of energy, carbohydrates, and sodium from snacks (p<0.01) than LS. As the stress level became higher, the proportions of students with irregular meals, overeating, and night snacking increased (p<0.01). Also, 33.0% of the subjects answered that they consumed an increased amount of snacks when they were feeling stressed. Our results indicated that stress has negative influence on snack consumption in middle school girls.

Stress and eating behaviors in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Eight studies were categorized as testing younger children (8 to ≤ 13 years old) with a pooled sample of 7,065 participants (Balantekin & Roemmich, 2012;Cartwright et al, 2003;Jenkins, Rew, & Sternglanz, 2005;Michels et al, 2012;Michels, Sioen, Ruige, & De Henauw, 2016;Roemmich, Lambiase, Lobarinas, & Balantekin, 2011;Roemmich, Wright, & Epstein, 2002). Five studies used participants with older children (13 to ≤ 18 years old) with a total of 1,860 participants (Austin, Smith, & Patterson, 2009;De Vriendt et al, 2012;Jeong & Kim, 2007;Kim, Yang, Kim, & Lim, 2013;Son, Ro, Hyun, Lee, & Song, 2014). Perceived stress, defined as being participants own experience of stress, was measured in 10 studies.…”

Differences in Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) Scores before and during Pandemic in a Population-Based Sample: Polish Adolescents’ COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study

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Weight status moderates stress-eating in the absence of hunger associations in children

“…To date, seven studies have evaluated food consumption in response to stress exposures in children. As in research with adults, these studies find a mix of overeating and undereating in response to stress (Balantekin & Roemmich, 2012;Farrow, Haycraft, & Blissett, 2015;Francis et al, 2013;Jeong & Kim, 2007;Miller et al, 2018;Roemmich, Lambiase, Lobarinas, & Balantekin, 2011;Roemmich et al, 2002), with the majority of the studies examining response to acute stress (Balantekin & Roemmich, 2012;Farrow et al, 2015;Francis et al, 2013;Roemmich et al, 2011;Roemmich et al, 2002). One possible reason for such mixed findings is that the methods used to assess eating have varied, with some studies examining observed EAH (Farrow et al, 2015;Francis et al, 2013;Miller et al, 2018), others examining food consumption and preferences, (Balantekin & Roemmich, 2012;Roemmich et al, 2011;Roemmich et al, 2002) and still others using measures of selfreported eating (Jeong & Kim, 2007).…”