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The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University
Emotional eating (EE) is considered as the inclination to eat in response to emotions and is associated with certain syndromes. In this sense, we explored the indices of EE and its association with dietary patterns among female students at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163553 |
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author | Alharbi, Razan M. Alharbi, Hend F. |
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description | Emotional eating (EE) is considered as the inclination to eat in response to emotions and is associated with certain syndromes. In this sense, we explored the indices of EE and its association with dietary patterns among female students at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study of 380 participants (aged 18–29 years, female students) was performed. Anthropometric measurements of the participants were taken, such as height, body mass index, fat mass and hip–waist circumference as well as the Emotional Eating Scale (EES). The classification of the ESS included the thresholds of 44.7, 43.9 and 11.3% for low, moderate and high EE, respectively. Linear regression after adjustment showed that fat intake was a significant predictor of EE (p = 0.031) as well as feelings of enthusiasm. We also observed an interesting indication: fat intake (p = 0.011) and educational level (p < 0.05) were significantly associated with, and could be significant predictors of, EE. The results highlight the importance of emotional eating, its relationship with the consumption of foods that contain fat and understanding how it develops by raising awareness of the importance of healthy food for a healthy lifestyle. |
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spelling | pubmed-104587732023-08-27 The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University Alharbi, Razan M. Alharbi, Hend F. Nutrients Article Emotional eating (EE) is considered as the inclination to eat in response to emotions and is associated with certain syndromes. In this sense, we explored the indices of EE and its association with dietary patterns among female students at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study of 380 participants (aged 18–29 years, female students) was performed. Anthropometric measurements of the participants were taken, such as height, body mass index, fat mass and hip–waist circumference as well as the Emotional Eating Scale (EES). The classification of the ESS included the thresholds of 44.7, 43.9 and 11.3% for low, moderate and high EE, respectively. Linear regression after adjustment showed that fat intake was a significant predictor of EE (p = 0.031) as well as feelings of enthusiasm. We also observed an interesting indication: fat intake (p = 0.011) and educational level (p < 0.05) were significantly associated with, and could be significant predictors of, EE. The results highlight the importance of emotional eating, its relationship with the consumption of foods that contain fat and understanding how it develops by raising awareness of the importance of healthy food for a healthy lifestyle. MDPI 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10458773/ /pubmed/37630740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163553 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alharbi, Razan M. Alharbi, Hend F. The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title | The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title_full | The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title_fullStr | The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title_full_unstemmed | The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title_short | The Indicator of Emotional Eating and Its Effects on Dietary Patterns among Female Students at Qassim University |
title_sort | indicator of emotional eating and its effects on dietary patterns among female students at qassim university |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163553 |
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