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When food isn't about hunger: why we overeat during stress and how to cope with it
LIGA.Life spoke with a psychologist, a nutritionist, and a woman who has experience with compulsive overeating to find out why we react to stress with food.

Chocolate after a hard day, midnight raids on the refrigerator, uncontrolled eating – sound familiar? Sometimes we don't even notice how we reach for food in response to fatigue, stress, or emotional tension. But when this develops into a regular habit, it may be a sign of compulsive eating. This isn't about a "love of sweets," but about a psychological and physiological mechanism with deeper causes. This is what happened to the heroine of this story – Maria Glushakova.
LIGA.Life together with a nutritionist and psychologist, they are figuring out:
- What is compulsive eating?
- How does it differ from the usual craving for snacks?
- How does stress affect our eating patterns?
- How to notice warning signs in time?
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