The relationship between business stress level and eating disorders behavior in office workers

This study aimed to determine the work stress level of desk employees and to examine the effects of these eating behaviors on the eating behavior and appetite of the staff. A total of 97 volunteer participants were included in the study. The questionnaires were made by face to face interview method. In the questionnaire form, the general characteristics of the participants such as demographic characteristics, eating habits and anthropometric measurements were first questioned. Work stress, eating attitude test (EAT-26) and emotional appetite scale are questionnaires in other forms. It has been found that the BMI of male individuals is significantly higher than female individuals (p<0,05). A statistically significant difference was found between water consumption and gender (p<0,05). It was observed that there is a statistically significant difference between BMI groups and eating attitude (EAT-26) (p<0,05). A positive correlation was found between the job stress score and its sub-dimensions (p<0,05). It was found that the increase of negative emotions and events increase job stress and there is a statistically significant correlation between them (p<0,05). There was a significant positive correlation between BMI of female participants and negative event and negative mood (p<0,05). In our male participants, it was found that there was a significant negative correlation between BMI and positive event, negative total and negative mood states (p<0,05). A negative correlation was found between participants' eating attitude and positive event and positive emotion (p<0,05). It has been found that there is a positive significant correlation between the eating attitude levels in the case of negative total and negative events in females, and a negative correlation between male participants (p<0,05).When we evaluated the data according to the positive and negative subgroups, it was seen that there was a statistically significant positive correlation (p<0,05). As a result, in our study; while there was no statistically significant difference between job stress and eating disorders, it was found that there was a correlation between job stress and emotional appetite. Keyword: work stress, eating disorders, emotional appetite