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Descriptor English: Emotional Eating
Descriptor Spanish: Alimentación Emocional
Descriptor Portuguese: Alimentação Emocional
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Eating, Emotional
Tree number(s): F01.145.407.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098382
Scope note: A behavioral mechanism between depression and development of obesity and abdominal obesity. Moreover, adults with a combination of shorter night sleep duration and higher emotional eating may be particularly vulnerable to weight gain. (Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act . 2019 Mar 20;16(1):28.)
Allowable Qualifiers: PX psychology
Previous Indexing: Feeding Behavior (2007-2024)
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
DeCS ID: 60799
Unique ID: D000098382
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/04/27
Emotional Eating - Preferred
Concept UI M000766576
Scope note A behavioral mechanism between depression and development of obesity and abdominal obesity. Moreover, adults with a combination of shorter night sleep duration and higher emotional eating may be particularly vulnerable to weight gain. (Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act . 2019 Mar 20;16(1):28.)
Preferred term Emotional Eating
Entry term(s) Eating, Emotional



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