Sara Al-Musharaf
Prevalence and Predictors of Emotional Eating among Healthy Young Saudi Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic
King Saud University
emotional eating ee prevalent among women associated obesity coronavirus 2019 covid19 pandemic mandatory quarantine increased risk mental symptoms inferentially emotional eating ee investigated ee prevalence predictors pandemic overall 638 women ages 1839 completed online survey incorporating emotional eating scale perceived stress scale generalized anxiety disorder7 scale patient health questionnaire9 pittsburgh sleep quality index global physical activity questionnaire asked nutrition collected data weight height pandemic responses respondents 472 reported low ee 404 moderate 124 high emotional eaters 428 reported depression 27 anxiety 71 moderate stress 125 severe stress main ee indicatorspredictors fat intake 0192 p 0004 number meals 0187 p lt 0001 sugar consumption 0150 p lt 0001 body mass index 0149 p lt 0001 stress 0143 p 0004 energy intake 0134 p 004 fast food intake frequency 0111 p lt 001 ee score correlated negatively increased family income 0081 p 0049 higher stress correlated worse sleep less sleep less physical activity emotional eating common among young saudi women pandemic recommend healthy food choices increased physical activity improve sleep mitigate stress