Coaction of Obesity Treatment–Associated Changes in Physical Activity and Emotional Eating
Mediation by Body Satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21650484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James J Annesi (0000-0002-5230-6365, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-40 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Education & Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1090-1981 • E-ISSN: 1552-6127 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10901981211029251 |
| PMID | 34297645 |
| OpenAlex | W3185755770 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
BACKGROUND: Research on coaction suggests improvements in physical activity and emotional eating will occur in a reciprocal manner. AIMS: To determine if changes in body satisfaction mediate relations between physical activity and emotional eating changes and if age affects degree of change in those variables. METHOD: = 52) women participants of a community-based obesity treatment were assessed on behavioral and psychological variables over 3 and 6 months. RESULTS: Improvements in physical activity, anxiety-related emotional eating, body satisfaction, anxiety, and exercise self-efficacy were significant overall. Early adults demonstrated greater reductions in emotional eating. Physical activity increase over 3 months significantly predicted 6-month reduction in emotional eating but not vice versa. Body satisfaction change significantly mediated the physical activity-emotional eating relationships. Changes in anxiety and exercise self-efficacy moderated activity → emotional eating and body satisfaction → physical activity relationships, respectively. CONCLUSION: Findings can inform both theory and behavioral obesity interventions
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Eating behavior · Emotional eating · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Obesity · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology · Internal Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |