Emotional Eating and Obesity: An Update and New Insights.

IF 11 2区医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Current Obesity Reports Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI:10.1007/s13679-025-00661-9

Abby Braden, Erica Ahlich, Afton M Koball

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Abstract

Purpose of review: The current review aimed to (1) synthesize information regarding the association between emotional eating (EE) and BMI, as well as between EE and dietary intake and psychological symptoms; (2) describe factors thought to underlie and/or maintain EE; and (3) summarize recent evidence supporting behavioral treatments of EE in people with obesity.

Recent findings: Adults with obesity frequently report EE. Emotion regulation and learning principles are key variables that may influence EE in adults with obesity. Behavioral treatments show promise for decreasing EE, in the short-term, especially cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches. Although psychosocial factors are critical to the understanding of EE mechanisms and treatment, limitations include measurement of EE and construct definitions of proposed theoretical variables. Additionally, behavioral interventions overlap which obscures the relative utility of treatment components. Future work should clarify causal mechanisms of EE in the context of obesity to inform treatment development.

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情绪化饮食和肥胖：最新的新见解。

综述目的：本综述旨在(1)综合情绪性饮食（EE）与BMI、情绪性饮食与饮食摄入和心理症状之间的关系；(2)描述被认为构成和/或维持情感表达的因素；(3)总结最近支持对肥胖患者进行情感表达行为治疗的证据。最近的研究发现：肥胖的成年人经常报告情感表达。情绪调节和学习原则是影响肥胖成人情感表达的关键变量。行为治疗在短期内显示出减少情感表达的希望，尤其是基于认知行为和正念的方法。虽然社会心理因素对理解情感表达机制和治疗至关重要，但其局限性包括情感表达的测量和所提出的理论变量的构建定义。此外，行为干预重叠，这模糊了治疗成分的相对效用。未来的工作应该阐明情感表达在肥胖背景下的因果机制，为治疗发展提供信息。

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Current Obesity Reports Medicine-General Medicine

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1.10%

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