Research
Energy balance
Lessened emotional eating is significantly associated with concurrent reductions in weight and waist circumference.
Reducing emotional eating can be an effective strategy for achieving weight loss and waist circumference reduction.
StrongSupportsmedium confidence
Lessened emotional eating was significantly associated with concurrent reductions in weight and waist circumference.
Why this rating
Based on the observed associations in the study.
Source
Effects of Obesity Treatment Type on Emotional Eating and Weight/Waist Circumference Changes in Women Through Interrelations of Induced Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy
James J. Annesi et al. · Obesities · 2025
DOI 10.3390/obesities5040083
rct · n=146
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
More from this paper
- Cognitive–behavioral methods focusing on emotional eating lead to greater improvements in emotional eating and related weight and waist circumference reductions compared to education-based approaches.Strong
- Early change in eating-related self-regulation is a stronger predictor of longer-term change in eating-related self-efficacy than the reverse.Strong
Related findings · Energy balance
- Achieving a total body weight loss of 10-15% (or >10-15 kg) through Total Diet Replacement (TDR) induces remission of Type 2 Diabetes in individuals with short-duration disease.Strong
- Bariatric surgery is superior to medical management alone for inducing significant long-term weight loss, remission of type 2 diabetes, and reduction in mortality for patients with BMI ≥ 40 or ≥ 35 with comorbidities.Strong
- Achieving type 2 diabetes remission requires significant weight loss (≥15 kg) via major caloric restriction, independent of macronutrient composition.Strong
This is one finding among thousands. Every one is graded and traced to its source, so you can see what the evidence actually supports. Browse the research →