Emotional eating and its effect on eating behaviour after a natural disaster

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• 作者：Roeline G. Kuijer ; ^{roeline.kuijer@canterbury.ac.nz} ; Jessica A. Boyce
• 关键词：Emotional eating ; Stress ; Overeating ; Natural disaster
• 刊名：Appetite (APPET)
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：58
• 期：3
• 页码：936-939
• 全文大小：196 K

文摘

Emotional eaters are hypothesised to overeat in response to negative emotions or stress. However, the empirical evidence for such a moderating role is mixed. This study examined the effect of emotional eating on eating behaviour before and after the occurrence of a natural disaster (an earthquake) in a sample of predominantly middle-aged and older women. As expected, women who scored high on emotional eating reported an increase in overeating after the earthquake. This effect was qualified by an interaction: emotional eaters who reported high levels of post-earthquake distress reported an increase in overeating, whereas non-stressed emotional eaters and non-emotional eaters did not.