Evaluation of the relationship emotional eating status and exercise addiction i̇n i̇ndividuals applying to A private sports center

This research; This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional eating status and exercise addiction in individuals who applied to a private sports center. The study was carried out with a total of 224 individuals, 125 females and 99 males, aged between 19-50, who were members of PowerGym Fitness Club between June 1, 2020 and November 1, 2020, and data were collected between June 2021 and November 2021. Emotional Eating Habits Scale (EESQ) was used in order to determine demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements and emotional eating status of individuals participating in the research, and Exercise Addiction Scale (EBÖ-21) was used to question exercise addiction. Anthropometric measurements were evaluated together with the total mean score of the Eating in Emotional Situations Scale and the total mean score of the Exercise Addiction Scale. Analyzes of the data were carried out using the SPSS 25.0 program. Descriptive statistics, Shapiro Wilk test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis and Post Hoc Bonferronni tests were used in the analysis. The mean age of the research group was 31.26±8.39 years, the average height was 170.49±9.02 cm, the average weight was 73.51±18.37 kg, and the body mass index was 24.98±4.69 kg/m2. found. As a result of the analysis, no statistically significant relationship was found between the Emotional Eating Scale and the Exercise Addiction Scale (p>0.05). It was determined that there was a significant and positive relationship between the time and exercise preference sub-dimension, lack of control sub-dimension, withdrawal effects sub-dimension, tolerance sub-dimension and continuity sub-dimension of the Exercise Dependence scale (p<0.05).