Daily social resources as a buffer against stress eating and its consequences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eating in response to stress can become habitual and have long-term consequences for weight gain, but little research has explored what may help break stress-eating cycles. We examined daily social resources as potential protective factors against daily stress eating and eventual weight gain.

Method

In Study 1 (N = 1,264), we assessed stress-eating tendencies, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) at baseline, receipt of emotional support over 8 days (9,649 reports), and tracked BMI/WHR after about 10 years. We examined the average likelihood of receiving emotional support as a moderator of the link between stress eating and BMI/WHR at the follow-up. In Study 2 (N = 536; 10,288 reports), we assessed stress-eating status and BMI at baselin

SUBMITTER: Park Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911004 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature