Perceived stress and dietary choices: the moderating role of stress management

In this 2016 study, adolescent Lewis rats (28 days postnatal) were given unrestricted access to either a Western-like Diet (41.4% kcal from fat) or the control diet (16.5% kcal from fat) for 8 weeks, before being exposed to a cat odor threat (to induce psychological trauma), in order to test if an obesogenic Western-like high-fat […]

Since the dramatically increasing perceived loneliness among adolescents are linked with high stress levels and dysfunctional lifestyles, which are strongly influenced by eating habits, Ferrer-Cascales et al. (2018) analyzed the relationship between perceived loneliness, stress, dietary habits and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) among 527 Spanish adolescents. Greater perceived loneliness and stress levels were […]