emotional eating
Feelings drive consumption
Emotional eating is consuming food in response to feelings rather than hunger—using eating to cope with stress, sadness, boredom, or anxiety.
The phrase usually carries negative connotations, implying an unhealthy relationship with food: I've been doing a lot of emotional eating since the breakup.
The comfort foods chosen are typically high in sugar or fat.
- snackingEating small portions casually
- late night snackingEating during sleeping hours
- empty caloriesEnergy lacking nutrients
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
junk food · weight gain · unhealthy habits · self-sabotage · body image · mood swings · compulsive behavior · obesity · self-soothing · bulimia nervosa · orthorexia · fridge · psychological distress · inner void · ice cream · stress response · self-control · chocolate
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- eating habitsvegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, pescatarian
- weight lossdieting, diet, diet pill, exercise program, weight loss
- guilty pleasuresguilty pleasures, junk food, fast food, comfort food, ice cream
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- eating psychologyfood guilt, food anxiety, food obsession, food addiction, food aversion
emotional eatingmindful eating
Deliberate attention while consuming
intuitive eating · mindful consumption · healthy eating habits
emotional eatingemotional regulation
Managing internal feeling states
stress management · emotional processing · emotional restraint
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