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This study examined whether eating behavior traits mediate the relationship between stress and adiposity indicators among university students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In a cross\u2010sectional study, undergraduate students (aged 18\u201326 years) completed Arabic versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS\u201010) and the Three\u2010Factor Eating Questionnaire\u2010Revised 18 (TFEQ\u2010R18) to assess perceived stress and three eating behavior traits (i.e., cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating). Anthropometric data, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and handgrip strength, were measured. Statistical analyses included group comparisons, Spearman correlations, and sex\u2010 and age\u2010adjusted parallel mediation to assess indirect effects of perceived stress on adiposity indicators via eating behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 297 students (66.7% female), males had higher BMI, WC, and handgrip strength (\n                      <jats:italic>p &lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.001), while females reported greater perceived stress and cognitive restraint (\n                      <jats:italic>p \u2264<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.032). No direct association was found between stress and BMI (\n                      <jats:italic>b =<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20130.014, 95% CI: \u20130.107\u20130.079) or WC (\n                      <jats:italic>b =<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20130.037, 95% CI: \u20130.248\u20130.174). However, perceived stress was indirectly associated with higher BMI via emotional eating (\n                      <jats:italic>b =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.031, 95% CI: 0.004\u20130.066; \u03b2 = 0.034) and higher WC via uncontrolled eating (\n                      <jats:italic>b =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.048, 95% CI: 0.002\u20130.118; \u03b2 = 0.018), although these effects were very small. Cognitive restraint was not an indirect pathway for either outcome.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Perceived stress showed very small indirect associations with BMI and WC via emotional and uncontrolled eating, respectively. These findings suggest potential behavioral correlates, but as cross\u2011sectional associations, they do not provide evidence of causal mediation or clinical significance and require longitudinal study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/brb3.71647","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,12]],"date-time":"2026-08-12T05:08:16Z","timestamp":1786511296000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Emotional and Uncontrolled Eating as Mediators Between Perceived Stress and Adiposity Indicators in University Students: A Cross\u2010Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0611-9541","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sahar","family":"Afeef","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences King Abdulaziz University  Jeddah Saudi 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