Relationships among weight stigma, eating behaviors and stress in adolescents in Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among weight stigma, eating behaviors, and stress, as well as to analyze the effect of stress in mediating the association between weight stigma and eating behaviors.

Methods

The study involved 1818 adolescents between 14 to 19 years of age and was conducted in Wuhan, China in 2019. Weight stigma, eating behaviors (cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating), and stress were assessed by self-report questionnaires. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were used to examine the predictors of cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating; the serial mediation models analyses were conducted to analyze the effect of stress in mediating the association between weight stigma

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060634 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature