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The World Health Organization revealed that worldwide obesity has tripled, with 1.9 billion adults categorised as overweight and 650 million adults classified as obese. The increase in body mass presents public health challenges due to the poor health outcomes of those who are overweight and obese. A computerised literature search was performed using Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar with keywords ‘eating behaviours, ‘eating habits’, ‘food consumption’, ‘food choice’, ‘food preference, ‘body mass index’, ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity’. Titles and abstracts of potentially relevant articles published in English between 2010 and 2020 were screened. The objective of this review was to identify the contribution of eating behaviour on obesity among university students. Studies were included solely based on relevance to the research review objective. The included papers were grouped based on content and methodology of cross-sectional studies which examined the relationship between eating behaviour and obesity among university students. The reviews on past research focused on eating behaviour and obesity among university students since an abundance of literature demonstrates that most students gain weight during the university life. Determining the extent to which psychological aspects contribute to the increasing worldwide obesity pandemic is critical for improving interventions, policies and practices.
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To Cite this Article: Mansor, A. A., Fong, A. C. N., Safuddin, M. H., & Ritin, M. F. Bin. (2021). Food for Comfort: A Short Narrative Review on Eating Behaviour and Obesity. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(11), 783 – 788.
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