The moderating role of eating behaviour traits in the association between exposure to hot food takeaway outlets and body fatness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies demonstrated a relation between takeaway outlet exposure and health outcomes. Individual characteristics, such as eating behaviour traits, could make some people more susceptible to the influence of the food environment. Few studies have investigated this topic. We aimed to investigate the moderating role of eating behaviour traits (cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating) in the association between neighbourhood exposure to hot food takeaway outlets (hereafter referred to as takeaway outlets), and takeaway food consumption and adiposity.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from a cohort in Cambridgeshire, UK (The Fenland study). Takeaway outlet exposure was derived using participants' residential address and data from local

SUBMITTER: Hoenink JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212760 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature