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Essay / The relationship between food choice and stress
Summary: Many researchers have noted the relationship between stress and the amount of food a person ingests. However, little research compares how stress influences a person's food choices. Therefore, in this article I have explained how food choices differ depending on whether women are under high and low stress conditions. Additionally, the correlation between fat levels in foods and stress levels, as well as other possible factors that influenced the consumption of foods other than high-fat foods. Using collective data from “The Relationship Between Stress, Dietary Restrictions, and Food Preferences in Women” by Summar Habhab, Jane P. Sheldon, Roger C. Loeb. Introduction: Nowadays, obesity has become one of the public health problems and many people say that this is due to the start of McDonald's and other junk food restaurants. However, many people are unaware of the correlation between obesity and stress and, as some analyzes suggest that stress has increased in "people's lives today compared to 25 years ago", it is very important to understand the relationship between stress and food choices. This will help people be more careful about what they eat and reduce the number of obese people. Therefore, in this essay we will answer the following question: whether stress has an influence on women's food choice, based on the research conducted by Summar Habhab Jane P. Sheldon, Roger C. Loeb and how stress affects the function of the hormone serotonin. Body:The method of this experiment: The experiment conducted by Summer Habjab, Jane P. Sheldon, and Roger C. Loeb created high and low stress conditions to test whether food choice among 40 women differed if they were placed in an environment of different stress level. The high stress condition was created... middle of paper ...... his stress level may have been influenced by others than the Sudoku puzzle itself. So this means that perhaps some people living in a low-stress environment felt stressed and the level of stress may have differed between individuals. Finally, the number of participants was only 40 people, which is a very small number to fully support this finding of this research. ConclusionIn short, of this research, although there are some errors and limitations in this research which need to be corrected. It can be said that there are strong links between stress and the food choices women make. Therefore, to reduce the number of obese people in our society, we need to spread this knowledge and warn people to be careful with their food choices when they are stressed. So, in the near future, fewer people will be obese and obesity will no longer become a public health problem..