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University of Michigan: Overweight Kids Actually Eat Less Right After Stressful Events
September 04, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

People often react to stress by binging on sweets or fattening comfort foods, cravings fueled by the appetite-stimulating stress hormone cortisol.

But overweight adolescents--considered particularly susceptible to stress eating--actually ate less when exposed to a lab stressor, and the foods they eschewed were the high fat and sugar options, according to a . . .

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