As suggested in the aforementioned studies, obesity female may be significant risk conditions, especially in youth, associated with inappropriate weight-control behaviors, emotional distress (anxiety, depressive symptoms, etc.) and concerns about one’s own body image (body dissatisfaction, negative beliefs about one’s body and eating, etc.) [ 43 ].
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Relationship between body image, anxiety, food-specific inhibitory control, and emotional eating in young women with abdominal obesity: a comparative cross-sectional study.
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This study reported that the prevalence of abdominal obesity (defined as abdomen circumference ≥ 85 cm for females) was 25% for female college student, which showed a trend towards a lower prevalence of abdominal obesity compared to those in other studies [ 63 ].