High perceived stress is associated with unfavorable eating behavior in overweight and obese Finns of working age

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High perceived stress is associated with unfavorable eating behavior in overweight and obese Finns of working age

Riitta Korpela Raimo Lappalainen Essi Sairanen Maarit Hallikainen Jaana Laitinen Katri Peuhkuri Leila Karhunen Kristiina R Juvonen Tiina Föhr Sanni Rantala Sampsa Puttonen Miikka Ermes Jussi Pihlajamäki Marjukka Kolehmainen Tero Myllymäki Elina Järvelä-reijonen

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Male 0301 basic medicine FOOD-INTAKE obesity Emotions Perceived Stress Scale Overweight eating behavior Body Mass Index Developmental psychology Eating Risk Factors Weight management Finland General Psychology ta515 Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic METABOLIC SYNDROME 2. Zero hunger GENERAL-POPULATION Nutrition and Dietetics Intuitive eating ta3141 Middle Aged Emotional eating 3. Good health DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being Female HEALTH medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology Adult ta222 Alcohol Drinking 515 Psychology perceived stress DIET QUALITY ta3111 03 medical and health sciences SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being COMPETENCE INVENTORY DRINKING medicine Humans 030109 nutrition & dietetics emotional eating Feeding Behavior Overweight medicine.disease intuitive eating Obesity BODY-MASS INDEX 3141 Health care science Cross-Sectional Studies PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES lihavuus Self Report Metabolic syndrome dietary intake Body mass index Stress Psychological

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Stress-related eating may be a potential factor in the obesity epidemic. Rather little is known about how stress associates with eating behavior and food intake in overweight individuals in a free-living situation. Thus, the present study aims to investigate this question in psychologically distressed overweight and obese working-aged Finns. The study is a cross-sectional baseline analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Of the 339 study participants, those with all the needed data available (n = 297, 84% females) were included. The mean age was 48.9 y (SD = 7.6) and mean body mass index 31.3 kg/m(2) (SD = 3.0). Perceived stress and eating behavior were assessed by self-reported questionnaires Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Intuitive Eating Scale, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, Health and Taste Attitude Scales and ecSatter Inventory. Diet and alcohol consumption were assessed by 48-h dietary recall, Index of Diet Quality, and AUDIT-C. Individuals reporting most perceived stress (i.e. in the highest PSS tertile) had less intuitive eating, more uncontrolled eating, and more emotional eating compared to those reporting less perceived stress (p <0.05). Moreover, individuals in the highest PSS tertile reported less cognitive restraint and less eating competence than those in the lowest tertile (p <0.05). Intake of whole grain products was the lowest among those in the highest PSS tertile (p <0.05). Otherwise the quality of diet and alcohol consumption did not differ among the PSS tertiles. In conclusion, high perceived stress was associated with the features of eating behavior that could in turn contribute to difficulties in weight management. Stress-related way of eating could thus form a potential risk factor for obesity. More research is needed to develop efficient methods for clinicians to assist in handling stress-related eating in the treatment of obese people. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Peer reviewed

year	journal	country	edition	language
2016-08-01	Appetite

10.1016/j.appet.2016.04.023 http://juuli.fi/Record/0278799316