other Related Fields Related Fields <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color:#0e101a">Introduction:</span></strong><span style="color:#0e101a"> Hedonic hunger, characterized by reward-driven eating focused on palatable foods beyond physiological needs, has been suggested as a significant contributor to overweight and obesity in recent years. The Power of Food Scale is the primary tool for assessing hedonic hunger. As far as we know, no systematic review/meta-analysis has been conducted to investigate the odds of overweight/obesity associated with hedonic hunger. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine whether hedonic hunger increases the odds of being overweight/obese. </span><br> <strong><span style="color:#0e101a">Search Strategy:</span></strong><span style="color:#0e101a"> We performed a comprehensive search on PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus until January 19, 2023, using relevant keywords such as &ldquo;hedonic eating&rdquo;, &ldquo;hedonic feeding&rdquo;, &ldquo;hedonic hunger&rdquo;, &ldquo;hedonic appetite&rdquo;, &ldquo;obesity&rdquo;, &ldquo;overweight&rdquo;, &ldquo;body weight&rdquo;, &ldquo;anthropometry&rdquo;, &ldquo;body mass index&rdquo;, and &ldquo;BMI&rdquo;. We included all English-language original observational studies conducted on healthy adult subjects using the power of food scale to evaluate hedonic hunger. Data extraction followed a predefined form, and quality assessment was performed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist. Meta-analysis was carried out using StataMP-17 software with the random effects method. </span><br> <strong><span style="color:#0e101a">Results:</span></strong><span style="color:#0e101a"> A total of 1,294 articles were identified from electronic database searches, along with one study found through manual reference searching. After screening, two cross-sectional observational studies involving 1,286 participants were included. Both studies were cross-sectional and included participants of both sexes. The meta-analysis revealed that hedonic<br> hunger increased the odds of overweight/obesity by 68% (OR = 1.68, 95%;<br> CI: 1.16, 2.21). </span><br> <strong><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#0e101a">Conclusion and Discussion:</span></span></strong><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#0e101a"> Hedonic hunger may increase the odds of being overweight or obese. Given the limited number and low quality of included studies, additional longitudinal research is necessary for a more precise conclusion.</span></span></span><br> <br> <img alt="" src="./files/site1/images/888.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 36px;" ></span></div> 147 147 http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-857&slc_lang=other&sid=1 Malihe Karamizadeh No Marzieh Akbarzadeh No Bahram Pourghassem Gargari No Reza Mahdavi Yes Zeinab Nikniaz No