ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STRESS AND EATING BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2016.18592Keywords:
Psychological Stress. Feeding Behavior. Food Intake.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the association between stress, food behavior and food intake in a college population. Methods: Thirty college students (18-30 years and BMI 22.7 ± 4.4 kg.m²) have participated in the study. Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess the stress symptoms (Perceived Stress Scale) and the eating behavior (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-21, Portuguese version). Quantitative (energy and macronutrients) and qualitative (consumption frequency of food groups: (1) high in sugars, (2) fast food type ready-to-eat snacks and sandwiches and (3) fruits and vegetables) food intake was assessed from 3-day food records. College students were classified into two groups, according to the scores of PSS: Lower stress group: 1st PSS tertile score and Higher stress group: PSS 3rd. tertile score. Results: Students with higher stress, compared with those with lower levels, had higher scores for the eating behavior of emotional eating (46.0 ± 28.1 x 22.8 ± 17.9, respectively, p = 0.03) and uncontrolled eating (41.7 x 26.3 ± 14.9 ± 12.3, respectively, p = 0.05) and higher frequency of consumption of fast food type ready-to-eat snacks and sandwiches (2.7 ± 1.8 x 1.0 ± 1.3, respectively, p = 0.03). No significant differences for quantitative food intake were observed between groups. Conclusion: Students with higher stress levels had higher scores for emotional eating and uncontrolled eating, and higher frequency of consumption of fast food type ready-to-eat snacks and sandwiches.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.18592
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP RESPONSIBILITY
Title of the manuscript:
________________________________________________________
1. Statement of responsability
I certify that I have participated in the work above specified and take public responsibility for its content.
I certify that the manuscript represents an original work and that none of the material in the manuscript has been previously published, is included in another manuscript, or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, whether in printed form or in electronic media, except that described in the attachment.
In case of acceptance of this text by Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saude, I declare to be in accordance with the policy of public access and copyright adopted by Demetra, which provides as follows: (a) the authors retain the copyright and grant to the Journal the right of first publication, the work being simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; (b) authors are authorized to enter additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; and (c) authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (eg, in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this may lead to productive changes, as well as increase the impact and citation of the published work.
2. Conflict of Interest Statement
I certify that there is no conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.
Date, signature and full address of all authors.
