{"title":"The associations of mindful and intuitive eating with BMI, depression, anxiety and stress across generations: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Hatice Merve Bayram, Murat Gürbüz","doi":"10.1080/09637486.2025.2462185","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aimed to evaluate the differences between generations and relationship between mindful and intuitive eating with body mass index (BMI), depression, stress, and anxiety. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 547 adults. Online questionnaire including Intuitive Eating Scale-2nd edition (IES-2), Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale was performed. Gen Z scored highest for \"unconditional permission to eat\", and lowest for \"interference\" (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Baby Boomers demonstrated the lowest \"conscious nutrition\" scores compared to others (<i>p</i>: 0.002). Weak negative correlations were observed between IES-2 scores and BMI (<i>r</i>: -0.165, <i>p</i> < 0.001), depression (<i>r</i>: -0.194, <i>p</i> < 0.001), anxiety (<i>r</i>: -0.191, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and stress (<i>r</i>: -0.100, <i>p</i>: 0.020). MEQ scores were negatively correlated with BMI, depression, anxiety, and stress (<i>r</i>: -0.159, <i>r</i>: -0.364, <i>r</i>: -0.372, <i>r</i>: -0.360, <i>p</i> < 0.001). \"Eating for physical rather than emotional reasons\" showed negative correlation with depression, anxiety, and stress scores (<i>r</i>: -0.259, <i>r</i>: -0.249, <i>r</i>: -0.168, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p>","PeriodicalId":14087,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09637486.2025.2462185","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The study aimed to evaluate the differences between generations and relationship between mindful and intuitive eating with body mass index (BMI), depression, stress, and anxiety. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 547 adults. Online questionnaire including Intuitive Eating Scale-2nd edition (IES-2), Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale was performed. Gen Z scored highest for "unconditional permission to eat", and lowest for "interference" (p < 0.001). Baby Boomers demonstrated the lowest "conscious nutrition" scores compared to others (p: 0.002). Weak negative correlations were observed between IES-2 scores and BMI (r: -0.165, p < 0.001), depression (r: -0.194, p < 0.001), anxiety (r: -0.191, p < 0.001), and stress (r: -0.100, p: 0.020). MEQ scores were negatively correlated with BMI, depression, anxiety, and stress (r: -0.159, r: -0.364, r: -0.372, r: -0.360, p < 0.001). "Eating for physical rather than emotional reasons" showed negative correlation with depression, anxiety, and stress scores (r: -0.259, r: -0.249, r: -0.168, p < 0.001).
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