Emotional eating is the act of eating as a way to cope with feelings, provide emotional comfort or stress relief, not just to satisfy physical hunger. Emotional eating and other unhealthy eating ...

We have all seen the romantic comedies where the main character has some kind of devastating breakup and turns to emotional eating of junk food or ice cream for comfort. I think at some point or ...

Have you ever experienced moments when stress, boredom or even loneliness leads you to reach for comfort food even when you’re not actually hungry? Emotional eating is eating to escape, numb, change ...

Early on in my career, I worked as a counselor in two weight loss centers. It became readily apparent to me that our emotions drive our choices and habits when it comes to food—for better or worse.

Emotional eating, turning to food for comfort, stress relief, or distraction rather than to satisfy physical hunger—affects millions of people and often undermines otherwise successful health ...