Article
Emotional eating as a mediator between depression and weight gain.
Appetite - 1 May 2016
van Strien Tatjana, Konttinen Hanna, Homberg Judith R, Engels Rutger C M E, Winkens Laura H H
Abstract excerpt
Depression is often associated with weight gain but underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study assessed whether three psychological eating styles (emotional eating, external eating and restrained eating) act as mediators between depression and weight gain. We used structural equation modelling to test the hypothesized mediation models in a sample of 298 fathers and 294 mothers by assessing self-reported eating...
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