Emotional eating

Abstract

Emotional eating is a concept which describes a tendency towards overeating in response to the negative emotions. Emotional eating was initially recognized along with bulimia that emotions taken as a factor which reinforces the over-eating of bulimic patients. Later on, it was found out that binge eating itself could also be related to emotional eating. Emotional eating is prevalant in people who have obesity, women with eating disorders, and people who have a regular weight but are on diet. The concept of emotional eating is becoming increasingly important, especially in the interventions for weight-loss management. Considering the issues such as eating disorders and weight changes in psychiatric disorders, diabetes and metabolic syndrome- no matter relation with the side effects of drugs, and psycho-social issues entangled with weight-loss management, makes it obvious that the concept of emotional eating demands more research.

Keywords

• emotional eating, binge eating, obesity, eating disorders

Emosyonel yeme

Öz

Emosyonel yeme olumsuz duygulara ikincil aşırı yeme eğilimini anlatan bir kavramdır. Emosyonel yeme ilk başlarda bulimik hastaların aşırı yemelerini destekleyen bir etmen olarak emosyonların yer aldığı bir tablo içinde bulimia ile birlikte anılmıştır. Sonrasında ise tıkınırcasına yeme ataklarının da emosyonel yeme ile ilişkili olabileceği gösterilmiştir. Olumsuz duygular karşısında gözlenen bu aşırı yeme tepkisi; obez bireylerde, yeme bozukluğu olan kadınlarda ve normal kilolu olup da diyet yapan kişilerde mevcut olduğu gösterilmiştir. Özellikle kilo verme girişimlerinde yeme davranışlarının düzenlenmesinde emosyonel yemenin önemi giderek artmaktadır. Psikiyatrik bozukluklarda gözlenen yeme ve kilo değişiklikleri, ilaç yan etkileri ile ilişkili ya da ilişkisisiz metabolik sendrom ve diabet, ve kilo verdirici tedavilerle iç içe geçen psikososyal konular da dikkate alındığında emosyonel yeme kavramının daha kapsamlı araştırılması gerekliliği aşikardır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• emosyonel yeme, tıkınırcasına yeme, şişmanlık, yeme bozuklukları

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