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The behavioral pathway model to overweight and obesity: coping strategies, eating behaviors and body mass index.

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Purpose: Obese and overweight people deal with more daily problems and stressful situations than normal-weight indi- viduals, for example, discrimination and bias. The aims of the present study were twofold: to identify di erences between overweight and normal-weight people in coping strategies and eating behaviors, and to examine the relationship between coping strategies, eating behaviors and BMI. Methods: Sample of the present study consisted of 473 participants, 76.7% women (meanage=32.7;SD=11.4). Participants completed an ad hoc sociodemographic data questionnaire, the Coping Strategies Inventory, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Welch's t test and X2 comparison analysis were used to identify di erences in coping strategies and eating behaviors, according two BMI groups, normal weight and overweight. To analyze the relationship between coping strategies, eating behaviors and BMI, a structural equation modeling was conducted. Results: Overweight participants score signi cantly higher in passive coping strategies such as self-criticism, wishful thinking and social withdrawal, and unhealthy eating behaviors such as emotional eating and restrained eating. Structural equation modeling included these variables, coping strategies are more likely to conduct to unhealthy eating behaviors and these are more likely to promote and maintain a high BMI. The model showed an adequate data fit. Conclusions: This research proposes a relationship between the variables analyzed. It has been proved that passive coping strategies predict a high BMI via unhealthy eating behaviors, especially emotional eating. These results are promising to improve the current prevention obesity programs and weight control treatments. Level of evidence Level III, case-control analytic study.

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VARELA, Carmen, ANDRÉS, Ana, SALDAÑA GARCÍA, Carmina. The behavioral pathway model to overweight and obesity: coping strategies, eating behaviors and body mass index.. _Eating And Weight Disorders-Studies On Anorexia Bulimia And Obesity_. 2019. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1124-4909. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218307]

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