Harvard Health Blog Stress-eating: Five strategies to slow down POSTED AUGUST 29, 2019, 2:25 PM Kelly Bilodeau, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch Weight gain has many underlying causes but one of the most common is something we all experience: stress. Whether it’s the, mild temporary kind caused by a traffic jam or major and chronic, triggered by a traumatic life event — stress is no friend to your waistline. It can set off physical and emotional changes that drive you to eat more, crave less nutritious, fattening comfort foods — and even gain weight much more easily. Learn more »

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