Emotional eating

Emotional eating, also known as stress eating and emotional overeating,[1] is defined as the "propensity to eat in response to positive and negative emotions".[2] While the term commonly refers to eating as a means of coping with negative emotions, it sometimes include eating for positive emotions, such as overeating when celebrating an event or to enhance an already good mood.

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