Negative affect, childhood adversity, and adolescents' eating following stress.

ABSTRACT: Obesity commonly emerges by adolescence and is associated with serious health consequences. Emotional eating (consuming calories, fats, and sugars in response to negative affect) may promote obesity; however, evidence is mixed as to whether negative affect increases obesogenic eating. Early-life adversity may shape malleable neurobiological systems that govern inhibitory control, physiological regulation, coping strategies, and eating behavior, contributing to greater obesogenic eating in response to negative affect. Therefore, this study tested whether childhood adversity moderates the association between negative affect and food consumption in a diverse sample of female adolescents. After completing a childhood adversity assessment, 157 female adolescents (13-17 years; 28.7% African Amer

SUBMITTER: Kazmierski KFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8878579 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature