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Esfahani BN, Kolahdouzan M, Aflakseir A, et al. Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits. J Educ Health Promot. 2017;6:9doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13.
Esfahani, B. N., Kolahdouzan, M., Aflakseir, A., & Gharipour, M. (2017). Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits. Journal of education and health promotion, 69. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13
Esfahani, Behnaz Nikkar, et al. "Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits." Journal of education and health promotion vol. 6 (2017): 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13
Esfahani BN, Kolahdouzan M, Aflakseir A, Gharipour M. Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits. J Educ Health Promot. 2017 Apr 19;6:9. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28546974; PMCID: PMC5433635.
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J Educ Health Promot. 2017 Apr 19;6:9. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13. eCollection 2017.

Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits.

Journal of education and health promotion

Behnaz Nikkar Esfahani, Majid Kolahdouzan, Abdulaziz Aflakseir, Mojgan Gharipour

Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
  2. Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

PMID: 28546974 PMCID: PMC5433635 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_247_13

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Understanding the association between psychological affective disturbances and anthropometric parameters, including body mass index (BMI), is important. These issues may have potential preventive effects on weight reduction in relation to different aspects of women's lifestyles and psychopathological states. The present study aimed to predict BMI based on psychological factors including; depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits, in a sample of women with sedentary jobs in several Iranian governmental organizations.

METHODS: Two hundred consecutive women aged over 25 years, working on sedentary or low standing works such as banker, teachers, and employee in the social security organizations in Isfahan, Iran, were entered the study. To assess the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms, the Beck Depression Inventory II and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used, respectively. To assess nutritional habits, a self-administered questionnaire was designed, and to evaluate dietary restraint status, the Ruderman questionnaire was used. To find the co-relationship between BMI and each of the psychological components, Pearson's correlation coefficient test was applied.

RESULTS: To assess the relationship between BMI and each of the psychological components, a multivariate regression model was used. Only two components of nutritional habits (b = -0.19,

CONCLUSION: Nutritional habits and dietary restraint have high value for predicting BMI status in women aged more than 25 years working in sedentary jobs, while BMI status could not be predicted by assessing depression or anxiety severity.

Keywords: Anxiety; body mass index; depression; dietary restraint; nutritional habits

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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