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Stress and Food Choice: A Laboratory Study

Psychosomatic Medicine · 2000 · Vol. 62(6) · pp. 853–865
Gretchen D. OliverJane WardleE. Leigh Gibson

Abstract

Increased eating of sweet fatty foods by emotional eaters during stress, found here in a laboratory setting, may underlie the previously reported finding that dietary restraint or female gender predicts stress-induced eating. Stress may compromise the health of susceptible individuals through deleterious stress-related changes in food choice.

Eating Disorders and BehaviorsObesity, Physical Activity, DietObesity and Health PracticesAppetiteMealMoodStressorAffect (linguistics)MedicineBlood pressureEating behaviorFood intakeEmotional eating

MeSH terms

AdolescentAdultAppetiteArousalDiet, ReducingEatingFemaleFood PreferencesHumansHungerMaleMiddle AgedStress, Psychological
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