Could a good mood make you eat more food?

Conclusion Overall, this small study provides very limited evidence to suggest emotional eaters eat more when feeling in a positive mood. There are several limitations to this study, some of which are noted by the researchers. These include the facts that: the laboratory setting may not be an appropriate setting to test emotional eating with different mood feelings. It is possible that students felt uncomfortable in this setting and limited their food intake as they were being watched the students were told they were partaking in an experiment of taste perceptions, so may have been inclined to eat more than they normally would have because of what they were told the study was looking at no hunger measurements were taken during the study and how hungry each student was could have greatly affected the results there was no group included in the study that did not eat, so it is not possible to say from the findings that the changes in mood were due to food intake all of the participants were students, so findings may not be the same as if the same experiments were carried out in different groups who report being emotional eaters To draw firmer conclusions about the effects of mood on emotional eating, larger studies of different groups are required that carry out experiments in more natural environments.  Analysis by Bazian. Edited by NHS Choices. Follow Behind the Headlines on Twitter. Links To The Headlines Forget comfort eating - could happiness be the ...
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