Emotion Dysregulation, Emotional Eating, and Overweight Among Parents of Young Children In the Context of Poverty and Family Stress

This study of 238 parents found poverty was linked to heightened anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and emotional eating. Anxiety predicted both emotion dysregulation and emotional eating, which jointly contributed to overweight risk (BMI, body fat). Results support the family stress model, connecting poverty with obesity through emotional and behavioral pathways.