{"id":93,"date":"2007-11-11T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-11T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/dieting-hardest-for-emotional-eaters\/"},"modified":"2007-11-11T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-11T23:37:00","slug":"dieting-hardest-for-emotional-eaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/dieting-hardest-for-emotional-eaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieting Hardest for Emotional Eaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you’re looking to lose weight<\/a>, what’s the first thing that you think of? How many calories do I need to get down to on a daily basis? Or, should I look to restrict my carb intake?<\/p>\n

We usually think about what goes in our mouth. But it may be time to think about your mental health as well.<\/p>\n

According to new research, emotional eaters usually lose less and have the hardest time keeping off whatever weight they do lose.<\/p>\n

“Our results suggest that we need to pay more attention to eating triggered by emotions or thoughts as they clearly play a significant role in weight loss,” said Heather Niemeier of Brown University, whose study appears in the journal Obesity.<\/p>\n

Niemeier and her colleagues focused on people who ate because of external influences (eating too much at parties) and internal influences (loneliness or using food as a reward).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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