Causes of emotional eating and matched treatment of obesity. current diabetes reports

A narrative review on the reasons emotional eating can develop and its relation with depression and weight gain. Strien (2018) evaluates the possible pathophysiologies involved including reversed hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) stress axis, consequences of high dietary restraint. The reviewer also looks into poor interoceptive awareness, alexithymia, emotion dysregulation and suggests parenting and genetics may play a role in the evolution of emotional eating (EE). The mediatory effect of EE on depression and obesity is strongly implicated. This could mean emotion regulating interventions can be the answer to weight loss. [NPID: diet, emotional eating, eating disorders, depression, weight gain, HPA stress axis, dietary restraint, food restriction, parenting, parenting styles, genetics, obesity]

Year: 2018

Reference: van Strien T. (2018). Causes of Emotional Eating and Matched Treatment of Obesity. Current diabetes reports, 18(6), 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-018-1000-x