Eating behavior in response to acute stress

While physical activity and healthy eating appear to offer protection against stress and negative affect, Schultchen et al. (2019) point out a few studies that have demonstrated a reduction in these behaviors in the face of stress and negative affect. This present study therefore inspected the relationship between these behaviors in daily life using ecological […]

This 2015 article summarizes what was said in the “Stress, Palatable Food and Reward” conference, a symposium in which four presentations were given by neuroscientists who mainly work with complex relationships among stress, food intake and emotion. Firstly, Dr Ulrich-Lai showcased her work on discovering the mechanisms by which the rewarding properties of sweet palatable […]