Relationship Between Emotional Eating and Weight Loss Effect of the 211 Diet Body Weight Management Method in Obese Women of Childbearing Age.

PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between emotional eating behavior and the weight loss effect of the 211 Diet body weight management method in obese women of childbearing age.

METHODS

From March 2021 to November 2021, 33 obese women of childbearing age who were recommended by gynecologists to achieve weight management were selected from the gynecological outpatient department of The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University via the target sampling method. The participants who met all the study inclusion criteria and did not meet any of the exclusion criteria underwent a 40-day 211 Diet body weight management program. Body mass index (BMI) was collected on the day before the formal start and the first day after 40 days of weight loss. The 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire-Short Form (WEL-SF) were employed to evaluate participants' anxiety, depression and dietary self-efficacy before and after weight loss. On the day before the formal start of the program, the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) was used to investigate the causes of previous induced eating.

RESULTS

The weight of the participants before weight loss was positively correlated with the previous emotional eating scores (r = 0.37; P < .05); after 40 days of weight loss, body weight and BMI were significantly lower than before weight loss (P < .05); BMI reduction value = 1.97 + 0.16*PHQ9 D-value (R2 = 0.35, B = 0.16; P < .001); there was no correlation between WEL-SF scores before and after weight loss (P > .05); WEL-SF scores D-value was positively correlated with previous emotional eating scores (r = 0.41; P < .05), WEL-SF D-value = -22.09 + 1.13*emotional eating (R2=0.16, B=1.13; P < .05); there was no difference among WEL-SF, GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores before and after weight loss (P > .05).

CONCLUSION

The participants' relatively higher body weight before weight loss was related to their previous relatively more significant emotional eating behaviors. In obese women of childbearing age with more obvious previous emotional eating behaviors, the 211 Diet body weight management method may be more beneficial for weight loss.