Emotional Eating: Definition & How to Overcome ItEmotional eating is a common, often unconscious behavior, with real consequences for our waistlines and our moods. Read on to learn what emotional eating is and how to overcome it.
Feelings and eating are closely connected for virtually all of us. For Americans, the taste of a hot dog might evoke the feelings of a happy summer’s day, while roast turkey might conjure up warm memories of Thanksgiving dinners past. But for many of us, it’s not just positive emotions that are associated with foods. Sometimes our emotions aren’t the byproduct of eating, but the driving force behind it. In this article, you’ll learn about the definition and scientific background of this behavior, called emotional eating, as well as what you can do with a therapist or on your own to overcome emotional eating.
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