From Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Obesity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress and Emotional Eating

2019123 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Paul Christiansen · University of Liverpool

Joanne M. Dickson · Edith Cowan University

Valentina Lorenzetti · Australian Catholic University

Charlotte A. Hardman · University of Liverpool

Abstract

Psychological distress and subsequent emotional eating represent a serial pathway that links lower socioeconomic status with obesity. Targeting these maladaptive coping behaviors may be one strategy to reduce obesity in low-income populations.

Topics & Keywords

Eating Disorders and Behaviors Obesity and Health Practices Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Obesity

Volume 27, Issue 4, pp. 559-564

DOI: 10.1002/oby.22402

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