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Work stress and emotional eating

03/16/2012 By 10 Comments

Photo: Stuart Miles

Is your job making you fat? After a long stressful day at work, the last thing many of us feel like eating is a salad. Instead, we crave comfort food.

A new study found that people who were experiencing burnout at work were more likely to engage in emotional eating than those with no burnout. The study was done on women, since the perception is that women are more likely to suffer from emotional eating than men.

However, there is some good news.

While it’s true that being stressed and burnt out caused women to eat more, there was no significant difference in weight between people with and without burnout.

Read more at CNN.

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About Cindy Tovar

Born in Flushing, Queens to Colombian parents, Cindy has always loved reading and writing. For this reason, she entered Montclair State University to pursue an English degree, but instead fell in love with and graduated with a B.A. in Psychology. During her time at Montclair State, Cindy joined the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) on campus. She immediately felt comfortable surrounded by peers that shared both love and pride for the Latino culture, something she had never experienced before. She ultimately became president of LASO. Since then, Cindy has earned her M.S. Ed. in Early Childhood Special Education from Bank Street College, and works as a bilingual Special Education preschool teacher in Brooklyn. Despite feeling exhausted by the time she reaches her New Jersey home, she still uses her spare time to write. Joining the Being Latino family is one of the best things that has happened to Cindy because it fulfills her in two ways: She can write to her heart’s content while reaching an engaging audience, and it helps her stay connected to her Latino culture. You can find more of Cindy’s writing on her personal blogs: Dagny’s Dichotomy, and Cindy’s Chronicles.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

Comments

  1. Norma Iris Rosa-palaguachi says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:01 pm

    Definitely

  2. Jorge Chacon Sandoval says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:03 pm

    Si!

  3. Eileen Rivera says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:06 pm

    I don’t even want to admit to all the junk I ate yesterday. Really sucky day.

  4. Deborah Marrero says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:08 pm

    It depends if you are the type that eats under stress. There are others who’s appetite decreases under stress.

  5. Ivan Alvarez says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:11 pm

    Fine with me… That’s a great excuse that I can use with my upcoming Dr’s visit. LOL!!!

  6. Angie Rivera says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:16 pm

    I am dieting now due to my emotional eating at my last job assignment. Im turning over a new leaf at the new job assignment though.

  7. Nora Guadalajara says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:20 pm

    i think being fat makes you stressed

  8. Deli Snow says:
    03/16/2012 at 5:29 pm

    Yes!!!

  9. Cynthia Santiago says:
    03/16/2012 at 7:29 pm

    hell yeah

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