Eating behavior in response to acute stress

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 […]

Cardiovascular events are triggered by mental stress. In healthy people, acute abnormalities in endothelial function can be brought on by a single stressful experience. Crucially, people frequently turn to bad habits during stressful times, such as eating more high-fat meals, which is also known to have a detrimental effect on endothelial function. Baynham et al. […]