Diet and Emotions (Adult Population)

The CNP Diet and Emotions Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake and the experience of child and adolescent emotions. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.

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Emotional eating is learned not inherited in children, regardless of obesity risk

Since emotional overeating (EOE) and under-eating (EUE) have been implicated to determine weight gain/loss, this 2018 study sets out to discover whether these two behaviours reflect different aspects of the same underlying trait with a common aetiology,or are distinct traits with different aetiologies. Data was collected from 2054 five-year-old children. Results from the widely used children’s psychometric measure, Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ), was taken from the Gemini twin birth cohort and a bivariate twin model was utilised to determine the genetic and environmental influence on variation and covariation in EUE and EOE. The data showed a lack of genetic relevance, and also the positive correlation between EUE and EOE signifies children who tend to emotionally overeat tend also to emotionally under-eat. Environmental factors such as parenting behaviours may play a part in development of both traits.

RESEARCH SUMMARIES

Investigating Emotional Reactivity and Inhibitory Control in Nutritional Choices Among University Students

Why do we eat comfort food? Exploring expectations regarding comfort food and their relationship with comfort eating frequency

Disgust and distaste – differential mechanisms for the rejection of plant- and animal-source foods

Are adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, emotional eating, alcohol intake, and anxiety related in university students in Spain?

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Emotional overeating is common and negatively associated with alcohol use in normal-weight female university students

Emotional eating, health behaviours, and obesity in children: A 12-country cross-sectional study

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Emotional eating is learned not inherited in children, regardless of obesity risk

Examination of emotion-induced changes in eating: A latent profile analysis of the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire

Mediterranean Diet and the emotional well-being of students of the Campus of Melilla (University of Granada)

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