Emotional eating

Emotional eating, also called stress eating, comfort eating and emotional overeating, is the propensity to eat in response to positive and negative emotions. It commonly refers to eating to cope with negative emotions. The term can also include eating in response to positive emotions, such as overeating while celebrating an event or to enhance an already good mood.

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Also known as

Stress eating, comfort eating and emotional overeating

Definition

Eating in response to positive and negative emotions

Common use

Eating to cope with negative emotions