Lorena S Pacheco1, Estela Blanco2, Raquel Burrows3, Paulina Correa-Burrows4, Jose L Santos5, Sheila Gahagan6. 1. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave Bldg 2 room 302, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Child Development and Community Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0927, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0927, USA. Electronic address: lpacheco@hsph.harvard.edu. 2. Division of Child Development and Community Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0927, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0927, USA; University of Chile Doctoral Program in Public Health, Av. Independencia 939, Independencia, Región Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: esblanco@ucsd.edu. 3. Public Health Nutrition Unit, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, El Líbano, 5524, Macul, Región Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: rburrows@inta.uchile.cl. 4. Public Health Nutrition Unit, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, El Líbano, 5524, Macul, Región Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: paulina.correa@inta.uchile.cl. 5. Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, 8331150, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: jsantosm@uc.cl. 6. Division of Child Development and Community Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0927, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0927, USA. Electronic address: sgahagan@ucsd.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Notable weight gain is observed during young adulthood, compared to other adult age groups, yet the relation between eating behavior and body composition at this stage remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the association between eating behavior scores (cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating), and body composition in a sample of Chilean young adults. METHODS: Logistic and linear regression models assessed the independent associations between cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating, derived from the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18, and body mass index (BMI), percent body fat by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and central obesity, accounting for demographic covariates, stratified by sex, in a sample of 555 participants of the Santiago Longitudinal Study (mean age 22.6 years [SD 0.4]). RESULTS: Cognitive restraint was positively associated with obesity, defined by BMI, % body fat, and central obesity. Emotional eating was related to obesity, defined by % body fat and central obesity in men and women and to obesity, defined by BMI, in women. Cognitive restraint was related to BMI in men and % body fat in women. Uncontrolled eating was not associated with adiposity in men or women. CONCLUSIONS: In Chilean young adults, cognitive restraint and emotional eating scores were associated with higher BMI, elevated percent body fat, and greater central obesity.
BACKGROUND: Notable weight gain is observed during young adulthood, compared to other adult age groups, yet the relation between eating behavior and body composition at this stage remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the association between eating behavior scores (cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating), and body composition in a sample of Chilean young adults. METHODS: Logistic and linear regression models assessed the independent associations between cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating, derived from the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18, and body mass index (BMI), percent body fat by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and central obesity, accounting for demographic covariates, stratified by sex, in a sample of 555 participants of the Santiago Longitudinal Study (mean age 22.6 years [SD 0.4]). RESULTS: Cognitive restraint was positively associated with obesity, defined by BMI, % body fat, and central obesity. Emotional eating was related to obesity, defined by % body fat and central obesity in men and women and to obesity, defined by BMI, in women. Cognitive restraint was related to BMI in men and % body fat in women. Uncontrolled eating was not associated with adiposity in men or women. CONCLUSIONS: In Chilean young adults, cognitive restraint and emotional eating scores were associated with higher BMI, elevated percent body fat, and greater central obesity.
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