Are Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Emotional Eating, Alcohol Intake, and Anxiety Related in University Students in Spain?

Research has suggested that university students are at risk from certain unhealthy habits, such as poor diet or alcohol abuse. At the same time, anxiety levels appear to be higher among university students, which may lead to high levels of emotional eating. The aim of this study was to analyze the d...

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Adult
Age
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol use
Alcoholic beverages
Alcohols
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
College students
Coping
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean - psychology
Drug abuse
Drug dependence
Eating
Eating behavior
Emotions
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Health care
Health sciences
Humans
Male
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Nursing
Nutrition research
Population
Psychological Distress
Psychology
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Sociodemographics
Spain
Stress
Students
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
University students
Variance analysis
Young Adult
Young adults
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