Stress, dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease: a mini-review

Since high-fat and high-sugar foods have been recently associated with possessing addictive qualities, Yau & Potenza (2013) address stress as a great influence in the development of addiction, which creates further links with increased risk of obesity and other metabolic diseases. Chronic stress alters eating habits and hyperpalatable food consumption, possibly leading to alterations in […]

This 2007 review analyzed human and animal literatures to determine how different types of psychological stress affects diet. Adam & Epel (2017) consider a theoretical model of reward-based stress eating, which highlights how cortisol and the reward circuitry are involved in the motivation of consuming high caloric foods and demonstrates potential neuroendocrine mediators in the […]