The association between emotional eating and depressive symptoms: a population-based twin study in Sri Lanka

Richmond et al. (2017) believe that as children are more vulnerable to the negative effects of addictive substances than adults, they may be also at more risk of adopting addictive-like eating behaviors. Since no prior studies have investigated the relationship between addictive-like eating and eating behavior, this study looked at the correlation between “food addiction” […]

A narrative review on the reasons emotional eating can develop and its relation with depression and weight gain. Strien (2018) evaluates the possible pathophysiologies involved including reversed hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) stress axis, consequences of high dietary restraint. The reviewer also looks into poor interoceptive awareness, alexithymia, emotion dysregulation and suggests parenting and genetics may […]