The mediating role of food craving in the relationship between psychological distress and body mass index in adults: a cross-sectional analysis
Kadriye Toprak, Zeyneb Yildirim · 2026
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Kadriye Toprak and Zeyneb Yildirim test food craving as a link between distress and body weight in a 2026 cross-sectional study. Obesity grows from tangled ties between mood and eating behaviour, yet the steps from distress to weight gain stay unclear. The study enrolled 252 adults aged 19 to 65 and scored depression, anxiety, stress, and craving alongside body measures.
All distress scores, craving scores, and body mass index moved together in positive correlations. People eating carb and fat rich diets scored higher on craving than plant or protein rich eaters. Craving carried a partial share of each distress to weight link, near a fifth in each case in the models. Joint mind and diet care is proposed.
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| CREATOR | Kadriye Toprak, Zeyneb Yildirim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35988 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |