Chronic stress is associated with reward and emotion-related eating behaviors in college students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stress is related to altered olfactory perception and eating behaviors. The current study investigated the association between chronic stress, food reward and perception of food and non-food odors among college students.

Methods

Sixty-one participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Brief Daily Stressors Screening Tool (BDSST). The detective threshold and suprathreshold perception (pleasantness, intensity, and familiarity) of two food (chocolate, strawberry) odors and a non-food (rose) odor were measured. Food reward and macronutrient preference were measured using the computerized Leeds Food Preference Questionnaire and the Macronutrient and Taste Preference Ranking task, respectively. Reward-related eating, emotional eating and eating-relate

SUBMITTER: Tuluhong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879612 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature