Emotional eating disorder was first defined by Kaplan et al., and it was defined as a person's tendency to eat as a result of negative emotions such as stress and sadness (Kaplan, 1957). There are very few literature studies in our country. With the pandemic process, studies on this subject have increased. The number of studies on the effect of increasing uncertainty, fear and stress on eating behaviors has increased. The increased negative emotional state during the global epidemic has led to emotional eating behavior as a coping method in people. It has been found that emotional eating behavior is more common in women due to depression, stress and anxiety (Özkan, Sevin, & Avcı, 2021). In another study, no gender differences related to eating behavior were found (Köroğlu, Şerif, & Taştan, 2021). Other studies have also concluded that emotional states such as emotional eating and stress cause eating behavior (Özer & Okat, 2021). available. In a study conducted with primary school children, it was found that the eating behavior and depression of children were affected by the pandemic process (Köroğlu et al., 2021)
In another study conducted during the pandemic period, restrictive eating behavior decreased and impulsive and emotional eating attitudes increased. While more uncontrolled eating behavior is observed between the ages of 18-20, depression and stress-related eating behavior have been detected over the age of 35 (Şimsek and Şen, 2020.)
The effect of isolation and prohibition processes on eating behavior during the pandemic process is worth examining. Kobal et al. (2012) stated that boredom is a different subsection of emotional eating and triggers eating behavior.
Exercise Behaviors
Restraint There have been forced behavioral changes in humans throughout Physical inactivity and restricted space It can lead to diarrhea as well as be a risk factor for eating disorders or weight gain. As a result of the research conducted in Australia with 5,469 people with a history of eating disorders, increased exercise, restrictive and binge eating behaviors were detected. The result determined in the general population; restriction and binge eating behavior has increased and exercise has been found to decrease compared to the past (Phillipou , Meyer, and Neill, 2020). In another study, the relationship between eating pathology and repetitive exercise behaviors was found to be higher as the levels of intolerance to uncertainty increased with increased anxiety in the covid process (Scharmer et al., 2020).
Exercise makes people healthier and increases their quality of life. For this reason, the physical health of people who do not exercise is adversely affected. (Tunç, Zorba, and Çingöz, 2020). The physical activities of individuals who have been locked at home for longer periods of time have decreased (Macit, 2020). Some suggestions have been made to increase physical activities that can be applied at home (Chen, Mao, Nassi, Harmer, & Ainsworth, 2020).
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