Body Appreciation is Associated with Emotional Eating in Turkish Female Athletes

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dc.authorid0000-0002-4761-6836
dc.authorid0000-0002-0139-676X
dc.contributor.authorKenger, Emre Batuhan
dc.contributor.authorKarahan, Tugce Ozlu
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:38Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIt is known that female athletes are at risk for eating disorders. It is thought that factors such as pressure and stress experienced by professional athletes may affect emotional eating and body appreciation. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the emotional eating and body appreciation of professional Turkish female athletes. A total of 265 professional female athletes were categorized according to their sport types and nationality. Emotional eating was found to be higher and body appreciation to be lower in athletes competing at the national level. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis, which included variables such as age, body mass index, professional sports background, national level, and sport type show that the most effective factor in explaining emotional eating in professional female athletes is body appreciation. The present study findings support that professional female athletes are at risk in terms of emotional eating and body appreciation. In addition, emotional eating scores were found to be higher and body appreciation scores were lower in national athletes. Psychological factors such as intense stress and pressure have an impact on the eating behavior and body appreciation of national athletes. These results suggest that athletes should be evaluated by nutritionists, doctors, and psychologists from a multidisciplinary perspective.
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/a-2328-3921
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/a-2328-3921
dc.identifier.endpage781
dc.identifier.issn0172-4622
dc.identifier.issn1439-3964
dc.identifier.issue10
dc.identifier.pmid38885661
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85196740514
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage775
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1055/a-2328-3921
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10501
dc.identifier.volume45
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001249195400002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGeorg Thieme Verlag Kg
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sports Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectFemale Athlete
dc.subjectEating Disorders
dc.subjectEmotional Eating
dc.subjectBody Appreciation
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.titleBody Appreciation is Associated with Emotional Eating in Turkish Female Athletes
dc.typeArticle

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