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Yes, indirectly. Stress itself will not cause you to gain weight. If it did, almost the entire world's population would be 200+ pounds overweight!. But how you handle the stress can lead to weight gain. Stress impacts people in varying ways though, so it is inappropriate to blame weight gain strictly on stress. Sometimes, when you are experiencing a stressful event (be it for one day, one month, or over the course of a year), your attention to your well being may be distracted. Without even noticing it, your eating habits may increase (or decrease), or simply divert to simpler foods (i.e. comfort foods, fast food, snack food) that would otherwise not eat as regularly. Stress can also impact your ability to relax and even sleep appropriately, which in some cases can cause even more stress! Stress can also influence how (or if) you are able to spend time exercising or working through a regular fitness program. Just taking a nice, twenty minute brisk walk can greatly increase your health, outlook, and overall well being (it gives you time to think, too). All together, though, stress can be linked to weight gain for some people. But, there are those who loose weight due to stress (e.g. don't feel like eating much). These are, after all, MyPerspectives
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∙ 13y agoFor some people it does. Emotional eating is very common and take a great deal of effort to overcome. Severely depressed persons tend to not eat, because of lack of energy (from not eating), and loss of interest of things that were once enjoyable.
So in all, happiness is essential in living a healthy and enjoyable life!
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