Table 4 Participant responses: “considering emotional hunger, which is felt at moments of sadness, stress, etc., how would you describe it?”
From: Exploring the perceptions of obesity, health habits, stigma, and eating behaviors in Brazil
Eutrophy/underweight | Overweight | Obesity | Total | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Has felt it and can recognize it right away as emotional hunger | 37% | 32% | 31% | 34% | 0.026 |
Has felt it but only realized it after eating | 13% | 14% | 21% | 15% | < 0.001 |
Has felt this but did not know it was emotional hunger | 13% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 0.585 |
Has felt it but, even knowing it, could not control | 5% | 8% | 14% | 9% | < 0.001 |
Never felt emotional hunger | 33% | 32% | 22% | 30% | < 0.001 |