An Evaluation of Mindful Eating, Sleep Quality, and Night Eating Syndrome of Adults

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the differences that emerged with mindful eating, sleep quality, and night eating syndrome in adults. Material and Methods: A survey model was used for the study, and it included randomized selected 18-65 aged 580 adults in Konya with a questionnaire consisting of demographic and anthropometric measurements, nutrition habits, Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ-30), Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: The mean (x̄±SE) of the MEQ-30 was found to be 3.25±0.027 in women and 3.22±0.024 men. Men’s emotional eating score is higher than women, and their eating control, awareness, and eating discipline scores are lower than women, eating control (p=0.002) and eating discipline differed (p=0.045) for BMI. Due to the NEQ scores, 59% of those at risk for Night Eating Syndrome (NES) were in women and 41% men. Mood/sleep dysfunction scores differed in gender among other sub-dimensions of NEQ (p=0.044). In PSQI total scores, good (14.06±0.372) (55.3%) and poor (14.22±0.355) (44.7%) sleep quality did not differ (p=0.771). A negative correlation was found between NEQ and MEQ-30 scores (p=0.815) and PSQI and NEQ scores (p=0.195). However, MEQ-30 and the PSQI scores showed significant differences (p=0.000), and the correlation was found to be low (r=0.024). Conclusion: Mindful eating, and sleep quality scores may be variable according to gender and BMI, it has a relationship between mindful eating and sleep quality, which has not been determined by night eating behaviors. Therefore, it is important to consider that factors be an indicator of maintaining healthy eating habits.

Keywords

• Mindful eating
• Sleep quality
• Night eating syndrome.

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