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The global prevalence of emotional eating in overweight and obese populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The global prevalence of emotional eating in overweight and obese populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2025Pooled it
- Creation and validation of the 8-Item Brief Emotional Eating Scale (BEES-8, version 1.0) in youth and adults.Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- Emotional Stability and Emotional Eating in Medical Students: Exploring Indirect Associations Involving Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Emotional Eating and Its Associations with the Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Extracurricular physical activity and academic performance among Chinese adolescents with high body mass index: a longitudinal mediation analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Review of the Use of Digital Therapeutics for Obesity Treatment: Toward a Psychological Phenotyping.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Acute response and neurophysiological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation in emotional eating.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Emotional Eating and Its Relationship with Anthropometric and Biochemical Indicators in University Students.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Associations Between Restrained, Emotional, and External Eating Behaviors and Obesity Among Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- A relationship study of factors associated with emotional eating in women in Türkiye: body mass index, premenstrual syndrome, eating behavior, and quality of life.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Comorbidity Between Mood Disorders and Chronic Somatic Diseases, With a Focus on Cardiometabolic Disease, and Its Mechanistic Crosstalk.Depression and anxiety · 2026Review
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- Perfectionism and emotional eating among college students: a chained mediation model of body image state and exercise addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Attachment and Emotional Eating: A Scoping Review Uncovering Relational Roots to Inform Preventive Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Body Positivity and Eating Behaviors Among Women Attending Fitness Classes: Associations with Body Mass Index.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Emotional Eating and Obesity: An Update and New Insights.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Self-Perceived Health Status and Life Satisfaction Associated with Emotional Eating in Nursing and Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Region of Peru.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of Emotional Eating in Children: A Narrative Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Emotional Dysregulation and Emotional Eating in Hospitalized Adults with Obesity: The Mediating Role of Worry and Rumination.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Inverse Association of Mediterranean Diet with Emotional Eating: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greek Adults.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This systematic review aims to investigate the current prevalence of emotional eating and its associated factors in overweight and obese populations. We included studies that (1) reported prevalence of emotional eating; (2) were in the context of weight gain or overweight and obesity; (3) used a validated psychometric tool to assess emotional eating; (4) were published as an internationally referred journal article and (5) were reported in the English language. Articles were searched on eight electronic databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, PsychINFO, ProQuest, PubMed, Scopus, The Cochrane Library and Web of Science) from the journals' inception to 11 April 2024. A total of 18 studies, representing a total of 21,237 people, were included in the review. Our study suggested that emotional eating is significantly prevalent at 44.9%. High heterogeneity observed (I
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