Stress and other negative emotions, such as depression and anxiety, can lead to both
decreased and increased food intake. The term 'emotional eating'has been widely used to …

Based on a bio‐social‐ecological systems model of the development and maintenance of
obesity, there has been in the last few years a growing research interest in the association of …

The majority of research on emotional eating has examined general emotional eating, to the
exclusion of more distinct emotions such as boredom and positive emotions. The current …

Self-control is a hot topic across disciplines. As such, consensus on defining self-control is
critical for advancing both scientific progress as well as societal impact of research findings …

Many eating‐related psychological constructs have been proposed to explain obesity and
overeating. However, these constructs, including food addiction, disinhibition, hedonic …

There is a strong inter-relationship between activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal
axis and energy homeostasis. Patients with abdominal obesity have elevated cortisol levels …

In eating research, it is common practice to group people into different eater types, such as
emotional, external and restrained eaters. This categorization is generally based on scores …

Introduction: Emotions have a powerful effect on our choice of food and eating habits. It has
been found that in some people there is relationship between eating, emotions and the …

Personality is thought to affect obesity risk but before such information can be incorporated
into prevention and intervention plans, robust and converging evidence concerning the most …

The worldwide increase in obesity has spurred numerous efforts to understand the
regulation of eating behaviours and underlying brain mechanisms. These mechanisms can …