The effects of body dissatisfaction, lifestyle, and loneliness on emotional eating among older adults in Northeast China.

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2025.2479188

Hua Ye, Ying Wang, Shiliang Xu, Jiajin Tu, Ming Hao, Xiaoliang Zhou

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Abstract

Objectives: Emotional eating is a psychological aspect of eating disorders. Recent studies have found that emotional eating is prevalent among older adults. This study aimed to investigate the current situation of emotional eating and explore the factors influencing emotional eating in older adults.

Method: 1073 people aged 60 years and older were recruited from a community in Northeast China. Participants completed body measurements, emotional eating scale, sex-adapted silhouettes, Physical Activity Rating Scale, Loneliness Scale, and questionnaires.

Results: Women had higher levels of emotional eating, loneliness, and body dissatisfaction thanmen. Multiple linear regression showed that loneliness (β = 0.29, p < 0.01), screen time (β = 0.29, p < 0.01), body dissatisfaction (β = 0.26, p < 0.01), BMI (β = 0.11, p < 0.01), and female sex (β = 0.07, p < 0.01) were risk factors for emotional eating, while physical activity (β = -0.18, p < 0.01) was a protective factor for emotional eating.

Conclusion: Older adults with high levels of body dissatisfaction, may have higher levels of loneliness and lower levels of physical activity, are more likely to engage in emotional eating. These findings emphasize the influence of body dissatisfaction, loneliness, and physical activity on emotional eating in older adults in Northeast China.

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身体不满、生活方式和孤独感对东北老年人情绪性饮食的影响

目的：情绪性饮食是饮食失调的一个心理方面。最近的研究发现，情绪化进食在老年人中很普遍。本研究旨在调查老年人情绪进食的现状，探讨影响情绪进食的因素。方法：从东北某社区招募60岁及以上老年人1073人。参与者完成了身体测量、情绪饮食量表、性别适应剪影、身体活动评定量表、孤独量表和问卷调查。结果：与男性相比，女性的情绪化进食、孤独感和对身体的不满程度更高。多元线性回归显示孤独感（β = 0.29, p p p p p p p p）结论：对身体不满程度高的老年人，可能有较高的孤独感和较低的身体活动水平，更容易发生情绪性进食。这些研究结果强调了身体不满、孤独感和身体活动对东北老年人情绪性饮食的影响。

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来源期刊

Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

2.90%

发文量

176

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.