Ovarian hormones and emotional eating associations across the menstrual cycle: An examination of the potential moderating effects of body mass index and dietary restraint

Background: Higher subjective social status (SSS) or a person’s perception of their social standing is related to better health outcomes, but few studies examined SSS in relation to obesity. Emotional eating and food addiction have been linked to obesity. Some studies indicated that manipulating SSS may lead to altered food intake, but the relationship between SSS and dysregulated eating, such as emotional eating and food addiction (FA), has not been examined. The goal of this study was to examine the associations between SSS in the community and the larger society, dysregulated eating (emotional eating and FA), and body mass index (BMI) in a majority racial minority sample. Methods: The participants (N = 89; 93% Black, 86% women, and 56% with obesity; 72% income lower than USD 2000), recruited from a publicly funded hospital in Atlanta, GA, completed the MacArthur Scale, Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire, Yale Food Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, PTSD Symptom Checklist, and demographics questionnaire. Results: Twenty-two percent of the sample met the criteria for FA; those with FA had significantly higher BMI than those without (p = 0.018). In the hierarchical linear regression, the SSS community (but not in society) predicted higher severity of emotional eating (β = 0.26, p = 0.029) and FA (β = 0.30, p = 0.029), and higher BMI (β = 0.28, p = 0.046), independent from depression and PTSD symptoms. Conclusions: The findings indicate that, among Black individuals with predominantly low income in the U.S., perceived role in their community is associated with eating patterns and body mass. Given the small sample size, the results should be interpreted with caution.

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The Association between Polycystic Ovarium Syndrome and Body Mass Index, Acne Vulgaris, Hirsutism, Irregular Menstrual Cycle

Revitalizing Family Planning Program and Women’s Empowerment for the Improvement of Population Well-being and Economic Development ◽

10.26911/mid.icph.2018.05.03 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Uki Retno Budihastuti ◽

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Zarah Tin Cahyaningrum ◽

Widana Primaningtyas ◽

Eric Edwin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Menstrual Cycle ◽

Body Mass ◽

Acne Vulgaris

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Effects of food intake and food cue exposure on body and weight satisfaction: The moderating role of body mass index (BMI) and dietary restraint

Appetite ◽

10.1016/j.appet.2007.09.044 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 50 (2-3) ◽

pp. 562

Author(s):

P. Lattimore ◽

A. Roefs ◽

A. Jansen ◽

A.-K Fett ◽

N. Geschwind ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Food Intake ◽

Body Mass ◽

Dietary Restraint ◽

Cue Exposure ◽

Weight Satisfaction ◽

Moderating Role

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Polygenic Score for Body Mass Index Is Associated with Disordered Eating in a General Population Cohort

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm9041187 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 1187 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mohamed Abdulkadir ◽

Moritz Herle ◽

Bianca L. De Stavola ◽

Christopher Hübel ◽

Diana L. Santos Ferreira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Body Mass ◽

Genetic Variants ◽

Emotional Eating ◽

Mediation Analyses ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Polygenic Scores

Background: Disordered eating (DE) is common and is associated with body mass index (BMI). We investigated whether genetic variants for BMI were associated with DE. Methods: BMI polygenic scores (PGS) were calculated for participants of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; N = 8654) and their association with DE tested. Data on DE behaviors (e.g., binge eating and compensatory behaviors) were collected at ages 14, 16, 18 years, and DE cognitions (e.g., body dissatisfaction) at 14 years. Mediation analyses determined whether BMI mediated the association between the BMI-PGS and DE. Results: The BMI-PGS was positively associated with fasting (OR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.25, 1.61), binge eating (OR = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.12, 1.46), purging (OR = 1.20, 95% CI = 1.02, 1.42), body dissatisfaction (Beta = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.77, 1.22), restrained eating (Beta = 0.14, 95% CI = 0.10, 1.17), emotional eating (Beta = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.052, 0.38), and negatively associated with thin ideal internalization (Beta = −0.15, 95% CI = −0.23, −0.07) and external eating (Beta = −0.19, 95% CI = −0.30, −0.09). These associations were mainly mediated by BMI. Conclusions: Genetic variants associated with BMI are also associated with DE. This association was mediated through BMI suggesting that weight potentially sits on the pathway from genetic liability to DE.

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