Association between dietary pattern and perceived stress

Since high-fat and high-sugar foods have been recently associated with possessing addictive qualities, Yau & Potenza (2013) address stress as a great influence in the development of addiction, which creates further links with increased risk of obesity and other metabolic diseases. Chronic stress alters eating habits and hyperpalatable food consumption, possibly leading to alterations in […]

In previous works by Ball et al. (2022), the authors demonstrated the potential role played by chronic stress in stimulating the recurrence of palatable food-related behaviors in male rats. Sex was shown to be an essential determinant of the neurobehavioral outcomes of stress exposure, which spurred the authors to investigate whether sex plays a role […]