Emotional eating during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to affect all people socially, psychologically, and financially. Uncertainty and economic difficulties caused by the pandemic have led to anxiety and depression in people. Isolation policies implemented to reduce the spread of the disease lead to social isolation. Emotional eating refers to the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions increased due to the stress and anxiety created by the pandemic process. Individuals with emotional eating have increased consumption of foods high in energy and carbohydrate and low in nutrients. This may lead to an increase in obesity and obesity-related health problems in the long term. It is critical to take early precautions and raise public awareness about the increase in emotional eating caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this review, we aimed to assess the effects of Emotional eating during COVID-19 pandemicand the necessary precautions to be taken.

Keywords

• emotional eating
• COVID-19
• pandemic
• nutrition
• obesity

COVID-19 pandemisinde duygusal yeme

Abstract

Koronavirüs (COVID-19) pandemisi tüm insanları sosyal, psikolojik ve maddi açıdan etkilemeye devam etmektedir. Pandeminin yol açtığı belirsizlik ve ekonomik zorluklar insanlarda anksiyete ve depresyona yol açmıştır. Hastalığın yayılmasını azaltmak amacıyla uygulanan izolasyon politikaları insanları sosyallikten uzaklaştırmıştır. Olumsuz duygulardan kurtulmak ve daha iyi hissetmek için daha fazla besin alımına yönelme olarak adlandırılan duygusal yeme, pandemi sürecinin yarattığı stres ve endişeye bağlı olarak artış göstermiştir. Duygusal yemesi olan bireylerin enerji ve karbonhidrat içeriği yüksek ancak besin ögesi içeriği düşük besin tüketimleri artmaktadır. Bu durum uzun vadede obezite ve obeziteye bağlı sağlık sorunlarının artışına yol açabilir. COVID-19 pandemisine bağlı olarak duygusal yemede görülen artış için erken önlem alınması ve bireylerde farkındalık oluşturulması gerekmektedir. Bu derlemede COVID-19 pandemisinin duygusal yeme üzerine etkileri ve alınması gereken önlemlerin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• duygusal yeme
• COVID-19
• pandemi
• beslenme
• obezite

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