Comfort food is comforting to those most stressed: Evidence of the chronic stress response network in high stress women

Chronically stressed rodents who are allowed to eat calorie-dense “comfort” food develop greater mesenteric fat, which in turn dampens hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis activity. We tested whether similar relations exist in humans, at least cross-sectionally. Fifty-nine healthy premen...

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Published in:Psychoneuroendocrinology 2011-11, Vol.36 (10), p.1513-1519
Main Authors: Tomiyama, A. Janet, Dallman, Mary F., Epel, Elissa S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal fat
Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Adult
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Caregivers - psychology
Child
Chronic Disease
Cortisol
Depression - psychology
Eating - psychology
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Female
Food
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hormones and behavior
Humans
Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiology
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Nerve Net - physiology
Obesity
Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiology
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Severity of Illness Index
Stress
Stress eating
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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