Hill, D, Conner, M orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-8143, Clancy, F et al. (4 more authors) (2022) Stress and Eating Behaviours in Healthy Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 16 (2). pp. 280-304. ISSN 1743-7199
Abstract
Stress leads to detrimental health outcomes through direct biological and indirect behavioural changes. Stress can lead to disruption to normal eating behaviours, although the strength of these associations is unknown. This is the first meta-analysis to determine the strength of the stress-eating relationship in healthy adults and to explore the impact of potential moderators. Studies included had a clearly defined measure of stress (i.e., any noxious event or episode in one’s environment with the exclusion of emotional distress) that was linked to non-disordered eating. Key terms were searched in Medline, PsycInfo and Ovid databases (23,104 studies identified). 54 studies (combined N = 119,820) were retained in the meta-analysis. A small, positive effect size was found for the stress-overall food intake relationship (Hedges’ g = 0.114). Stress was associated with increased consumption of unhealthy foods (Hedges’ g = 0.116) but decreased consumption of healthy foods (Hedges’ g = −0.111). Only one significant moderator (restraint on stress-unhealthy eating) was identified. This meta-analysis identified the magnitude of the effect of stress on eating behaviour outcomes. Significant heterogeneity was observed that was not explained by the moderators examined. Further research on moderators of the stress-eating relationship is required and should distinguish effects for healthy versus unhealthy eating.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Stress; eating behaviour; meta-analysis; eating styles; obesity; restrained eating |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number North Rona LLP North Rona LLP |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2021 15:36 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2022 09:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17437199.2021.1923406 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174287 |
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