What is "Emotional Eating", and is it a bad thing?
Emotional eating is a term we're all familiar with, and it's rarely if ever, perceived as positive. This applies to the health and fitness industry I work in.
In this article, dietician Mary Sabat, and psychotherapist, Paula Atkinson argue that all eating is inherently emotional, tied to survival, joy, community, and fun. The feel-good hormone dopamine plays a significant role in eating and indicates it's meant to be pleasure-inducing.
Sabat offers recommended actions when eating becomes an unhealthy coping mechanism driven by negative emotions.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/what-is-emotional-eating...
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Present Valley
A very timely and relevant article. I love the point
that all eating is inherently "emotional." Something that often gets overlooked when the focus is on disordered eating or emotional eating.
Thank you for bringing this to our community.