Chronic stress exposure may affect the brain’s response to high calorie food cues and predispose to obesogenic eating habits

Individuals with higher educational qualifications (for example, graduate degrees) were presumably more likely to attain a job and financial security during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could affect the dietary and lifestyle choices such individuals can enjoy, and consequently overall mental wellbeing. On the other hand, those who lost their sources of income during the pandemic […]

Chronic stress and pro-inflammatory diets are each linked to depressive symptoms (DSs), but how they interact remains unclear. This study by Zheng et al. (2025) analyzed data from 20,446 U.S. adults in the 2007–2018 NHANES dataset. Chronic stress was measured using an allostatic load score (ALS) based on eight biomarkers, while dietary inflammation was assessed […]