Title: Stress and eating
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Content: Forty-one percent of adults who report skipping a meal due to stress report doing it weekly or more. The majority of adults (67 percent) who report skipping meals due to stress attribute it to a lack of appetite. Twenty-six percent say they skipped a meal because they did not have time to eat. After having overeaten or eaten unhealthy foods, half of adults (49 percent) report feeling disappointed in themselves, 46 percent report feeling bad about their bodies and more than one-third (36 percent) say they feel sluggish or lazy. After skipping meals due to stress, 24 percent say they feel sluggish or lazy and 22 percent report being irritable. Teens display similar eating habits as adults
When it comes to their eating habits under stress, teens do not appear to be doing any better than adults. One example can be seen in the number of teens and adults who skip breakfast. While breakfast has long been credited as the meal that aids in concentration throughout the day, research also suggests that eating breakfast can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, along with other metabolic conditions, such as hypertension and obesity. 4 Yet half of teens (50 percent) who have skipped a meal in the past month due to stress say the last meal they skipped was breakfast, vs. 45 percent of adults who say the same. In the past month, 26 percent of teens say they have overeaten or eaten unhealthy foods because of stress.