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March 8, 2026NutrientsOpen Access

Prevalence of Emotional Eating and Its Relationship with Anthropometric and Biochemical Indicators in University Students

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AAAdriana Aguilar-GalarzaMHMiriam Hernández-MezaKRKarla Carmina Rojas-Saavedra

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Cross-sectional study shows emotional eating is common among university students, suggesting links to obesity and metabolic health.

Key Points

  • This study estimates the prevalence of emotional eating and its association with health indicators among university students.
  • Cross-sectional study involving 670 first-year university students
  • Emotional eating assessed using the Emotional Eater Questionnaire
  • Anthropometric measures included BMI, body fat percentage, and waist circumference
  • Biochemical markers assessed include triglycerides and glucose
  • Statistical analyses performed using multivariable linear and logistic regression
  • Prevalence of emotional eating: 33.5% non-emotional, 31.1% low emotional, 27.6% emotional, 7.8% highly emotional
  • Higher emotional eating scores linked to greater BMI, body fat, and waist circumference
  • Emotional eating associated with adverse lipid profiles in women
  • Higher odds of obesity in emotional and highly emotional eaters, especially among women

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Aguilar-Galarza et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69acc59c32b0ef16a40500dahttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu18050853
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