Emotional eating may be a particularly important contributor to differences in body weight and weight loss response to behavioural interventions among non‐Hispanic Black women. We performed a systematic review on the impact of psychological factors (stress, anxiety, depression, and discrimination) upon emotional eating and weight among non‐Hispanic Black women, applying the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analysis for relevant studies. The initial search yielded 4593 articles with 15 accepted for review. Based on this review, there is a suggestion that negative emotions, in particular, perceived stress, may be predictive of emotional eating among non‐Hispanic Black women. Results from the only two longitudinal studies identified by the review indicate that stress influences emotional eating, and emotional eating predicts weight gain over time. Findings from this review highlight the need for more studies that examine various negative emotions that may lead to emotional eating and weight gain among non‐Hispanic Black women. Findings from this review also highlight the need for more rigorous studies to differentiate the effects of emotional eating from that of the physiologic (ie, activation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary axis) responses to stress and its impact on high‐risk groups.

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理解并有效解决肥胖症差异：对黑人女性情绪饮食行为的心理决定因素的系统评价。

情绪饮食可能是导致非西班牙裔黑人女性的体重差异和对行为干预的体重减轻反应的重要原因。我们对非西班牙裔黑人女性的心理因素（压力，焦虑，抑郁和歧视）对情绪饮食和体重的影响进行了系统评价，并应用系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目进行了相关研究。最初的搜索产生了4593篇文章，其中15篇被接受审查。根据此评论，有人建议，非西班牙裔黑人女性的负面情绪，尤其是感知到的压力，可能预示着情感饮食。该评价仅确认了两项纵向研究的结果表明，压力会影响情绪饮食，情绪化饮食可以预测随着时间的推移体重会增加。这篇评论的结果强调，需要进行更多的研究，以检查可能导致非西班牙裔黑人女性进食和体重增加的各种负面情绪。这篇综述的结果还强调，需要进行更严格的研究，以区分情绪饮食与生理应激反应（即下丘脑-垂体轴的激活）及其对高危人群的影响。