Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.39-48, 2026 (TRDizin)
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between eating behaviors and energy intake, macronutrients and body mass index in adult women. The study sample consisted of 205 women aged between 19-64 who attended the Healthy Life Center in Sandıklı district of Afyonkarahisar province. Within the scope of the study, anthropometric measurements of the participants, 3-day food consumption records (2 on weekdays and 1 on weekends) were taken, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Scale, which was adapted to Turkish by Bozan in 2009, was applied to the participants. The analysis revealed that increased daily energy, fat, protein and carbohydrate intake were positively associated with higher emotional eating behavior scores and external eating behavior scores, negatively associated with restrictive eating behavior scores (p<0.05). Additionally, a higher percentage of energy intake from fat was related to increased restrictive eating behavior scores, while a higher percentage of protein intake was associated with lower external eating behavior scores (p<0.05). Furthermore, women with higher restrictive eating behavior scores showed decreases in anthropometric measurements, whereas those with higher emotional and external eating scores exhibited increases in these values (p<0.05). According to these results, obesity was found to be associated with eating behaviors. In interventions targeting obesity, psychological factors must be elaborated as much as medical nutrition therapy. In this process, it can be said that behavioral change interventions regarding eating behaviors are important. Therefore, it may be considered that it may be easier to prevent and control obesity.
Keywords: Emotional eating behavior, External eating behavior, Macronutrients, Obesity, Restrictive eating