Relationship Between Stress Level, Physical Activity, and Consumption Pattern of Magnesium With Emotional Eating in Overweight Adolescents

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.012How to use a DOI?

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Emotional eating, Stress level, Physical Activity, Magnesium, Adolescents, Overweight

Abstract

Emotional eating is one’s behavior in excessive consumption of food, which is caused by negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, and depression and which can cause weight gain. Emotional eating can be affected by various factors including stress level, physical activity, and nutrients such as magnesium. This study aims at determining the relationship between stress level, physical activity, and consumption pattern of magnesium with emotional eating in overweight adolescents. This study used observational analytic method cross sectional design. Its population was overweight and obese adolescents aged 15-18 years old in Surakarta. The subjects were 122 adolescents taken by purposive sampling. Emotional eating data were collected through Eating and Appraisal Due to Emotions and Stress (EADES) questionnaire, consumption pattern of magnesium data were gathered by using non-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), and physical activity data were obtained through International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Relationship analysis used chi square test with IBM SPSS Statistics 20. The results of show that the stress level had a relationship with the emotional eating in overweight adolescents (p = 0.006), the physical activity had a relationship with the emotional eating in overweight adolescents (p = 0.000), and the consumption pattern of magnesium had a relationship with the emotional eating in overweight adolescents (p = 0.034). Thus, stress level, physical activity, and consumption pattern of magnesium had a relationship with emotional eating in overweight adolescents. Physical activity and consumption pattern of magnesium were the most influential variables on emotional eating in overweight adolescents by 17.8%.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kinanthi Dewi Mutiek
AU  - Mohammad Fanani
AU  - Adi Magna Patriadi Nuhriawangsa
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/27
TI  - Relationship Between Stress Level, Physical Activity, and Consumption Pattern of Magnesium With Emotional Eating in Overweight Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 50
EP  - 53
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.012
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.012
ID  - Mutiek2021
ER  -