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Cited by 1,060Eating Disorders and BehaviorsRegulation of Appetite and ObesityStress Responses and Cortisol

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Stress may add bite to appetite in women: a laboratory study of stress-induced cortisol and eating behavior

Epel, Elissa, Lapidus, Rachel, McEwen, Bruce, Brownell, Kelly·2001·Psychoneuroendocrinology
DOI 10.1016/s0306-4530(00)00035-4
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Abstract

To date, there are few known predictors of stress-induced eating. The purpose of this study was to identify whether physiological and psychological variables are related to eating after stress. Specifically, we hypothesized that high cortisol reactivity in response to stress may lead to eating after stress, given the relations between cortisol with both psychological stress and mechanisms affecting hunger. To test this, we exposed fifty-nine healthy pre-menopausal women to both a stress session and a control session on different days. High cortisol reactors consumed more calories on the stress day compared to low reactors, but ate similar amounts on the control day. In terms of taste preferences, high reactors ate significantly more sweet food across days. Increases in negative mood in response to the stressors were also significantly related to greater food consumption. These results suggest that psychophysiological response to stress may influence subsequent eating behavior. Over time, these alterations could impact both weight and health.

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Authors
Epel, E., Lapidus, R., McEwen, B., & Brownell, K.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • Rockefeller University (US)
Corresponding author
Epel, Elissa
ORCID
Venue
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
37-49
ISSN
0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0306-4530(00)00035-4
OpenAlex
W2101290962
Cited by
1,060
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 54 · 2014: 66 · 2013: 61 · 2012: 53
FWCI
17.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000125, RR00125)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
stress eating, cortisol response, dietary habits, appetite, premenopausal women, taste preference, sweets consumption, negative mood, hunger, psychophysiological stress response
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Appetite, Energy Intake, Diet, Reducing, Eating, Educational Status, Female, Food Preferences, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Income, Stress, Physiological, Body Mass Index, Premenopause

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