Comfort food is comforting to those most stressed: Evidence of the chronic stress response network in high stress women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1513-1519

  Tomiyama, A Janet ^a   Dallman, Mary F ^b   Epel, Elissa S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Stress; Stress eating

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054870970     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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