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Associations Between Physical Activity, Body Dissatisfaction, and Mindful Eating in Turkish Adults
Dilay Ermiş1, Rana Turgut Yaman1, Ece Akgül1
1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Kent University, Istanbul 34406, Turkey.
Nutrients
|May 4, 2026
Summary
Physical activity has weak links to body dissatisfaction and mindful eating in adults. These factors explain only a small part of what drives physical activity behavior.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Health Psychology
- Public Health
Background:
- Understanding factors influencing physical activity is crucial for public health interventions.
- Body dissatisfaction and mindful eating are psychological constructs that may interact with physical activity behaviors.
- Previous research has explored these relationships, but comprehensive analysis accounting for demographics is needed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the associations between physical activity, body dissatisfaction, and mindful eating in a large adult sample.
- To examine these relationships while controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors.
- To determine the extent to which these psychosocial factors contribute to physical activity behavior.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study of 9838 adults.
- Utilized the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) for physical activity assessment.
- Employed the Stunkard Figure Rating Scale (FRS) for body dissatisfaction and the Four Facet Mindful Eating Scale (FFaMES) for mindful eating, with statistical analyses including correlation and regression.
Main Results:
- Weak but statistically significant positive correlations were found between physical activity and both body dissatisfaction and mindful eating.
- No significant association was observed between body dissatisfaction and mindful eating.
- After adjusting for covariates, physical activity remained weakly associated with body dissatisfaction and mindful eating, with small explained variance. Moderate physical activity was linked to higher mindful eating scores.
Conclusions:
- The study found weak associations among physical activity, body dissatisfaction, and mindful eating in adults.
- These psychosocial factors appear to play a limited role in the overall determinants of physical activity.
- Further research may be needed to identify other key drivers of physical activity behavior.
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