scholarly journals Comprehending emotional eating in obese youngsters: the role of parental rejection and emotion regulation

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Vandewalle ◽  
E Moens ◽  
C Braet
Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Shriver ◽  
Jessica Dollar ◽  
Meg Lawless ◽  
Susan Calkins ◽  
Susan Keane ◽  
...  

The prevalence of obesity among U.S. youth continues to increase, with many adolescents engaging in unhealthy eating behaviors. Increasingly, research points to the role of self-regulation in obesity development, yet existing work has largely focused on young children and/or clinical adult populations. This multi-method longitudinal study (N = 153) utilized a path analysis to delineate links between emotion regulation (age 15), emotional eating and dietary restraint (age 16), and adiposity (% body fat) using a BodPod for body composition assessment (age 19). Emotion regulation was negatively associated with emotional eating (β = −0.30, p < 0.001) and positively associated with dietary restraint (β = 0.15, p < 0.05) at age 16, but was not associated with age 19 adiposity (β = −0.01, p = ns). Emotional eating was positively associated with adiposity (β = 0.24, p < 0.01). Indirect effects suggested that emotional eating, but not dietary restraint, at age 16 serves as a mechanism that helps explain the associations between emotion regulation and adiposity four years later. Results from this study suggest that both emotion regulation and emotional eating represent promising targets for that should be included in future interventions aimed at preventing adolescent obesity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Aparicio ◽  
J. Canals ◽  
V. Arija ◽  
S. De Henauw ◽  
N. Michels

AbstractStress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity. Since the management process for emotions (emotion regulation; ER) is developed in childhood, we present a novel conceptual framework model for the role of ER in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. A narrative review of the literature by electronic database search (MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Scopus) was conducted of observational and interventional/experimental literature on ER and obesity and the underlying concepts. We also present an overview of ER intervention techniques. Our model indicates that childhood ER is a link between stress and obesity. Stress along with ineffective ER leads to abnormal cortisol patterns, emotional eating, sedentary lifestyle, reduction of physical activity, and sleep problems. Simultaneously, a healthy lifestyle could show benefits on ER and in developing adaptive ER strategies. In the development of obesity and ER, parents also play a role. By contrast, effective ER skills decrease obesity-related unhealthy behaviour and enhance protective factors, which boost health. The literature contains some observational studies of children but very few intervention studies, most of which are pilot or on-going studies. In conclusion, encouraging effective ER could be a useful new approach for combating and treating childhood obesity. Future ER intervention studies are needed to confirm the validity of this model in children.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Taube-Schiff ◽  
Jessica Van Exan ◽  
Rika Tanaka ◽  
Susan Wnuk ◽  
Raed Hawa ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Vandewalle ◽  
Ellen Moens ◽  
Taaike Debeuf ◽  
Caroline Braet

AbstractObjectiveThe main objective of the study was to examine the relationships between parental rejection, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, and the emotional eating style of youngsters who finished an inpatient multidisciplinary weight loss treatment program and were back in their home environment.MethodParticipants were 52 youngsters (age 11–17 years) with an average percent over ideal BMI of 186.11% (SD= 27.54) before treatment and 136.37% (SD= 19.65) at a mean follow-up of 4 months. Participants completed questionnaires assessing maternal and paternal rejection, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, and emotional eating. Data were analysed using bootstrapping procedure.ResultsMediation analyses showed that maladaptive emotion regulation partially mediated the association between maternal rejection and the youngsters’ emotional eating style. Paternal rejection was directly related to emotional eating.ConclusionThe results suggest that the family climate may have an impact on the eating style of the youngsters after weight loss treatment.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey S. Hovrud ◽  
Raluca M. Simons ◽  
Emma Shaughnessy ◽  
Jeffrey S. Simons

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