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How Stress Can Make You Eat More — Or Not At All - Cleveland Clinic
Major anxiety can have a major effect on your food consumption
Whether it’s a fight with a spouse, a deadline at work, or simply just too much to do, we’ve all got stress. And if you’re faced with a lot of it, it can take hold of your eating habits.
There’s a definite connection between stress and our appetite — but that connection isn’t the same for everyone, says psychologist Susan Albers, PsyD.
Stress causes some people to ignore their hunger cues and refrain from eating for long stretches. For other people, stress turns them into emotional eaters who mindlessly munch.
Major anxiety can have a major effect on your food consumption
Whether it’s a fight with a spouse, a deadline at work, or simply just too much to do, we’ve all got stress. And if you’re faced with a lot of it, it can take hold of your eating habits.
There’s a definite connection between stress and our appetite — but that connection isn’t the same for everyone, says psychologist Susan Albers, PsyD.
Stress causes some people to ignore their hunger cues and refrain from eating for long stretches. For other people, stress turns them into emotional eaters who mindlessly munch.