Food and mental health: Relationship between food and perceived stress and depressive symptoms among university students in the United Kingdom

Research has indicated that hungry individuals tend to be more impulsive, impatient, and likely to make indulgent food choices compared to those who are not hungry. However, the existing literature is inconsistent, with some studies supporting these findings while others do not show any hunger-related effects on food choice behavior. This cross-sectional study (N = […]

This 2019 study analyzed whether healthy and/or unhealthy comfort eating could reduce stress, and whether the time period that the comfort eating took place could lead to greater stress relief. In order to induce stress, the 150 women in this experiment were faced with a socially evaluative stressor. Firstly, the participants underwent the Trier Social […]