Topic > The Relationship Between Food Choice and Stress

Summary: Many researchers have noted the relationship between stress and the amount of food a person eats. However, not much research compares how stress affects a person's food choices. Therefore, in this article I explained how food choice differs when women are placed under high and low stress conditions. Furthermore, the correlation between the levels of fat in foods and the level of stress and other possible factors that influenced the consumption of foods other than those rich in fat was analyzed. Using collective data in “The Relationship Between Stress, Dietary Restrictions, and Food Preferences in Women” by Summar Habhab, Jane P. Sheldon, Roger C. Loeb. Introduction: Nowadays, obesity has become one of the public health concerns and many people say that this is due to the start of McDonald's and other junk food restaurants. However, many people fail to grasp the correlation between obesity and stress, and since some analyzes suggest that stress has increased in “people's lives today compared to 25 years ago,” it is very important to understand the relationship between stress and food choices. This will help people pay more attention to what they eat and reduce the number of obese people. Therefore in this essay the following question will be answered: whether stress has any influence on women's food choices based on research conducted by Summar Habhab Jane P. Sheldon, Roger C. Loeb and how stress influences the function of the hormone serotonin . Body: The method of this experiment: The experiment conducted by Summer Habjab, Jane P. Sheldon, Roger C. Loeb created high and low stress conditions to test whether food choices among 40 women differed if they were placed in environments with different stress levels. The high stress condition was created... halfway down the sheet of paper... his stress level may have been affected by something other than the Sudoku itself. So, this means that perhaps some people in the low stress environment may have felt stressed and the stress level may be different between individuals. Finally, the number of participants was only 40 people, a very small number to fully support this finding of this research. Conclusion In short, from this research, although there are some errors and limitations in this research, it is necessary to correct them. It can be said that there are close links between stress and women's food choices. Therefore, to reduce the number of obese people in our society, we should spread this knowledge and warn people to be careful about food choices when they are stressed. Therefore, in the near future, fewer people will be obese and obesity will no longer become a public health problem.