Abstract:Objectives
Stress increases appetite for highly palatable foods and can affect decision-making. Thus, higher stress may interfere with the ability to eat intuitively and result in calorie intake that exceeds physiological needs, contributing to increased adiposity. To our knowledge this relationship has not been explored. Our objective was to examine the association between perceived stress and adiposity in midlife women and test whether intuitive eating (IE) mediates this relationship.
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