Emotional eating is related to carbohydrate intake in active women

• Autor(a) principal: Santos,Marcus Vinicius Lucio dos
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Melo,Camila Maria de, Rosa,João Paulo Pereira, Silva,Erica Vale Alves da, Lima,Giscard Humberto Oliveira, Del Re,Mariana Pantaleão, Tufik,Sergio, Mello,Marco Túlio de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Motriz (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742016000400346
• topic: eating behavior; physical exercise; energy intake

Abstract BACKGROUND Physical exercise may contribute to changes in eating behavior. AIMS to investigate eating behavior and reported energy intake in physically active individuals. METHODS Thirty-nine healthy adults of both sexes, who were involved in physical fitness training, were enrolled to participate in the study. A food diary and the TFEQ-21 was used for energy intake measurementandeating behaviors identification. RESULTS All participants showed acceptable levels of all evaluated behaviors: Cognitive restraint (46.58±16.4 and 49.5±20.0), Emotional eating (8.12±12.5 and 40.8±26.7),and Uncontrolled eating (21.6±15.1 and 35.6±20.9) in men and women, respectively. Uncontrolled eating was associated with increased carbohydate intake for women, andfat-free masscontent was associated with less Emotional eating only in men. There were no differences in energy and macronutrient consumption between training and non-training days. CONCLUSION Regular physical exercise is associateto bettereating behaviors, but women mayfind it harder to maintain or lose weight due to higher levels of emotional eating.