Emotional eating as a mediator between depression and weight gain

van Strien, Tatjana; Konttinen, Hanna; Homberg, Judith R.; Engels, Rutger C.M.E.; Winkens, Laura H.H.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.034

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Emotional eating as a mediator between depression and weight gain

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van Strien, Tatjana, Konttinen, Hanna, Homberg, Judith R., Engels, Rutger C.M.E., Winkens, Laura H.H.·2016·Appetite

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Depression is often associated with weight gain but underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study assessed whether three psychological eating styles (emotional eating, external eating and restrained eating) act as mediators between depression and weight gain. We used structural equation modelling to test the hypothesized mediation models in a sample of 298 fathers and 294 mothers by assessing self-reported eating styles (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire), depressive feelings (Depressive Mood List) and body mass index (BMI) at baseline and BMI after five years. In the model with emotional eating we also assessed the moderation effect of 5-HTTLPR genotype in a sub-sample of 520 Caucasians. All analyses were performed separately for the two sexes. Although the overall effect of depression on weight gain was statistically non-significant in both sexes, there was a causal chain between depression, emotional eating and weight gain in the mothers. Depressive symptoms were related to higher emotional eating and emotional eating predicted greater increases in BMI independently of depression. Moreover, the indirect effect (via emotional eating) of depression on BMI change was significant (Beta = 0.18, P = 0.026). This mediation effect was found to be independent of 5-HTTLPR genotype. No such mediation effect was found for the fathers. Further, external eating and restrained eating did not act as mediators between depression and weight gain in either sex. The finding that emotional eating acted as mediator between depression and weight gain in the mothers suggests that obesity interventions should take emotional eating into account.

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Are emotionally driven and addictive-like eating behaviors the missing links between psychological distress and greater body weight?
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The mediation effect of emotional eating between depression and body mass index in the two European countries Denmark and Spain
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Negative and positive emotional eating uniquely interact with ease of activation, intensity, and duration of emotional reactivity to predict increased binge eating
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Increases in Emotional Eating During Early Adolescence and Associations With Appearance Teasing by Parents and Peers, Rejection, Victimization, Depression, and Social Anxiety
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A Systematic Review of the Impact of the First Year of COVID-19 on Obesity Risk Factors: A Pandemic Fueling a Pandemic?
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The Impact of Impulsivity on Weight Loss Four Years After Bariatric Surgery
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National policies for the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition in the workplace context: a behaviour change wheel guided content analysis of policy papers in Finland
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Exploring a relationship between race-related stress and emotional eating for collegiate Black American women
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Psychological considerations for the holistic management of obesity
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Depressive Symptoms and Emotional Eating: Mediated by Mindfulness?
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The Clinical Obesity Maintenance Model: A Theoretical Framework for Bariatric Psychology
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Emotional Regulation Underlies Gender Differences in Pathological Eating Behavior Styles of Bariatric Surgery Candidates
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The ACTyourCHANGE study protocol: promoting a healthy lifestyle in patients with obesity with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-a randomized controlled trial.
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“Since emotional eating has been associated with elevated consumption of highcalorie and high fat, it does not surprise that emotional eating was found to be strongly related to obesity [11] both in adults and in the younger population [12, 13].”
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Exploration of Perceived Determinants of Disordered Eating Behaviors in People with Mental Illness—A Qualitative Study
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Nutrition, dietary intake, and eating behavior after liver transplantation
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Effects of food-related behavioral activation therapy on eating styles, diet quality and body weight change: Results from the MooDFOOD Randomized Clinical Trial
Paans, N. P. G., Bot, M., Brouwer, I. A., Visser, M., Gili, M., Roca, M., Hegerl, U., Kohls, E., Owens, M., Watkins, E. R., et al. (2020) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110206 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Nutritional behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: the association of fear and sleep quality with emotional eating
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Mediation of self‐regulation and mood in the relationship of changes in high emotional eating and nutritional behaviors: Moderating effects of physical activity
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Validation of a child version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire in a Canadian sample: a psychometric tool for the evaluation of eating behaviour
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Emotional eating in women with generalized anxiety disorder
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“9,12,65,66 Studies suggest that emotion dysregulation is independently related to eating in response to aversive events in adults with obesity.”
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Examination of Self-Esteem, Body Image, Eating Attitudes and Cardiorespiratory Performance in Adolescents
Petrovics, P., Nagy, A., Sándor, B., Pálfi, A., Szekeres, Z. J., Tóth, K., & Szabados, E. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph182413172 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Physical activity mitigates the link between adverse childhood experiences and depression among U.S. adults
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[Association of mobile phone overuse with sleep disorder and unhealthy eating behaviors in college students of a medical university in Guangzhou].
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Pilot Study of a Treatment Using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills for Adults with Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Eating
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Identification of several eating habits that mediate the association between eating behaviors and the risk of obesity
Aymes, E., Lisembard, G., Dallongeville, J., Rousseaux, J., Dumont, M., Amouyel, P., Romon, M., & Meirhaeghe, A. (2022) · Obesity Science & Practice · doi:10.1002/osp4.593 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

The functions of sleep
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The mediation effect of emotional eating between depression and body mass index in the two European countries Denmark and Spain
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Authors: van Strien, T., Konttinen, H., Homberg, J. R., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Winkens, L. H. H.
Affiliations: University of Helsinki (FI)
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
ORCID: Konttinen, Hanna
Homberg, Judith R.
Engels, Rutger C.M.E.
Winkens, Laura H.H.
Venue: Appetite
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2016-05
Volume: 100
Pages: 216-224
ISSN: 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.034
OpenAlex: W2288014701
Cited by: 277
References: 75
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 9
FWCI: 37.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
research.wur.nl
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Appetite (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords: emotional eating, depression, weight gain, eating styles, external eating, dietary restraint, body mass index, sex differences, mothers, fathers, obesity intervention, mediation
MeSH terms: Adult, Anorexia, Depression, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Psychological, Netherlands, Polymorphism, Genetic, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Overweight, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Genetic Association Studies, Self Report

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