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Impulsivity and consideration of future consequences as moderators of the association between emotional eating and body weight status

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2018
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Title
Impulsivity and consideration of future consequences as moderators of the association between emotional eating and body weight status
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12966-018-0721-1
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Marc Bénard, France Bellisle, Fabrice Etilé, Gérard Reach, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg, Sandrine Péneau

Abstract

Emotional eating (EmE) is characterized by an over consumption of food in response to negative emotions and is associated with an increased weight status. Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC) or a low level of impulsivity could influence the association between EmE and weight status. The objective was to analyze the moderating influence of CFC and impulsivity on the relationship between EmE and BMI. A total of 9974 men and 39,797 women from the NutriNet-Santé cohort study completed the revised 21-item Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire to assess their EmE, the CFC questionnaire (CFC-12) to assess their level of time perspective, and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) to assess their impulsivity. Weight and height were self-reported each year over a median follow-up of 5.3 years. The associations between EmE and repeated measures of BMI were estimated by multiple linear mixed-effects regression models stratified by gender, tertiles of the CFC, or tertiles of the BIS-11, taking into account sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Overall, EmE was positively associated with BMI. CFC and impulsivity did not moderate the effect of EmE on changes of BMI per year, but quantitatively moderated the effect of EmE on overall BMI. In women, the strength of the association between EmE and weight status increased with CFC level. Difference of BMI slopes between a low and a high level of CFC was - 0.43 kg/m2 (95% CI: -0.55, - 0.30) (p < .0001). In addition, the strength of the association between emotional eating and weight status increased with impulsivity level. Difference of BMI slopes between a low and a high level of impulsivity was + 0.37 kg/m2 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.51) (p < .0001). In men, only individuals with a low CFC presented a stronger association of EmE with BMI. Impulsivity and consideration of future consequences moderated the association between emotional eating and body weight status. This study emphasizes the importance of taking into account psychological traits in obesity prevention.

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Unknown 106 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Researcher 7 7%
Other 16 15%
Unknown 33 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 19 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 13%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 36 34%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2018.
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#1,994,597
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#771
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#43,805
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#20
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