Low-income women's conceptualizations of emotional- and stress-eating

Examining Relationships among Obesity, Food Insecurity, Stress, and Emotional Eating in Low-Income Women

Low-income women's conceptualizations of food craving and food addiction.

Food craving and food addiction have been proposed as targets for obesity focused interventions. However, individuals' conceptualizations of these constructs are not well understood and no studies have employed a qualitative approach. Therefore, we sought to understand how women conceptualize food craving and food addiction. Low-income women with preschool-aged children (2-5years old) participa...

Stress and emotional eating: The mediating role of eating dysregulation

reviews Title : Perceived Stress , Unhealthy Eating Behaviors , and Severe Obesity in Low - Income

Title: Perceived Stress, Unhealthy Eating Behaviors, and Severe Obesity in Low-Income Women Authors: Andrea Richardson ([email protected]) Joanne Arsenault ([email protected]) Sheryl Cates ([email protected]) Mary Muth ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 25 Oct 2015 Author’s response to reviews: EDITOR: Your manuscript "Increased Stress May Lead to Poor Eating Behaviors and Severe Obes...

Perceived stress, unhealthy eating behaviors, and severe obesity in low-income women

BACKGROUND Stress has been associated with poor eating behaviors and diet quality, as well as high body mass index (BMI). Low-income women may be particularly vulnerable to stress and severe obesity. Yet it is unknown how stress increases the risk of severe obesity through disordered eating behaviors and poor diet quality or through mechanisms independent of diet. METHODS We examined cross-se...