Why women are more likely to ‘stress eat’
By Dr Robyn Brown Published on July 17, 2024 Around 20 per cent of us react to feeling stressed or experiencing negative emotions by eating. That figure makes what’s called ‘stress eating’ remarkably common in the adult population. This disordered eating behaviour, also called binge eating, involves consuming large amounts of food in a short amount of time. In Australia, the prevalence of this type of eating behaviour has more than doubled over a decade – with research estimating that up to eight per cent of Australians now binge eat.
