Braden Abby, Ahlich Erica, Koball Afton M
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 822 East Merry Avenue, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Curr Obes Rep. 2025 Sep 29;14(1):70. doi: 10.1007/s13679-025-00661-9.
The current review aimed to (1) synthesize information regarding the association between emotional eating (EE) and BMI, as well as between EE and dietary intake and psychological symptoms; (2) describe factors thought to underlie and/or maintain EE; and (3) summarize recent evidence supporting behavioral treatments of EE in people with obesity.
Adults with obesity frequently report EE. Emotion regulation and learning principles are key variables that may influence EE in adults with obesity. Behavioral treatments show promise for decreasing EE, in the short-term, especially cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches. Although psychosocial factors are critical to the understanding of EE mechanisms and treatment, limitations include measurement of EE and construct definitions of proposed theoretical variables. Additionally, behavioral interventions overlap which obscures the relative utility of treatment components. Future work should clarify causal mechanisms of EE in the context of obesity to inform treatment development.
本综述旨在（1）综合有关情绪化进食（EE）与体重指数（BMI）之间关联以及EE与饮食摄入和心理症状之间关联的信息；（2）描述被认为是EE潜在原因和/或维持因素的因素；（3）总结近期支持肥胖人群EE行为治疗的证据。
肥胖成年人经常报告有情绪化进食。情绪调节和学习原则是可能影响肥胖成年人情绪化进食的关键变量。行为治疗在短期内显示出减少情绪化进食的前景，尤其是认知行为疗法和基于正念的方法。尽管社会心理因素对于理解EE机制和治疗至关重要，但局限性包括EE的测量以及所提出理论变量的结构定义。此外，行为干预存在重叠，这模糊了治疗成分的相对效用。未来的工作应在肥胖背景下阐明EE的因果机制，为治疗发展提供依据。
