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Overall, 638 women, ages 18\u201339, completed an online survey incorporating the Emotional Eating Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Global Physical Activity Questionnaire. We asked about nutrition and collected data on weight, height, and pandemic responses. Most respondents (47.2%) reported low EE; 40.4% were \u201cmoderate\u201d and 12.4% \u201chigh\u201d emotional eaters; 42.8% reported depression, 27% anxiety, 71% moderate stress, and 12.5% severe stress. The main EE indicators\/predictors were fat intake (\u03b2 = 0.192, p = 0.004), number of meals (\u03b2 = 0.187, p &lt; 0.001), sugar consumption (\u03b2 = 0.150, p &lt; 0.001), body mass index (\u03b2 = 0.149, p &lt; 0.001), stress (\u03b2 = 0.143, p = 0.004), energy intake (\u03b2 = 0.134, p = 0.04), and fast food intake frequency (\u03b2 = 0.111, p &lt; 0.01). EE score correlated negatively with increased family income (\u03b2 = \u22120.081, p = 0.049). Higher stress correlated with worse sleep, less sleep, and less physical activity. Emotional eating is common among young Saudi women during the pandemic. 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