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by Melissa Mitri, MS, RD November 08, 2021 3 min read
Chronic stress can affect your health in many ways, but does stress cause weight gain?
These days, many more of us are ultra-stressed. According to a 2021 clinical trial, at least 40% of the population reported gaining weight during the pandemic.
While weight gain from stress is more common, stress can also cause weight loss. In the same clinical trial, 18% of the participants experienced unintentional weight loss, which is not the ideal way to lose weight.
To better manage stress and your weight, it helps to understand why weight is affected by stress and how it changes our habits.
The connection between stress and weight gain is due to several factors:
While it’s more common to see stress associated with weight gain, some people are more likely to lose weight when stressed.
Stress can lead to decreased appetite, missed meals or increased exercise as a way to relieve the stress. You may lose the desire to eat or feel like it takes too much energy to cook.
If you are actually trying to lose weight, you may be wondering why this is a problem. However, this is not a healthy way to lose weight, as you will likely be missing out on important nutrients.
Additionally, when people lose weight from stress, they tend to lose it quickly.
Quick weight loss often leads to eventual weight regain, which can be incredibly frustrating.
When you’re feeling overwhelmed, healthy habits often get pushed to the back burner, which actually exacerbates the problem.
Here are a few simple ways to break the stress-weight cycle:
With these methods, you can relieve stress more effectively without feeling guilt from overindulging.
If stress is affecting your quality of life, there are solutions. Practicing healthy lifestyle habits will help to reduce stress, energize you and support a healthy weight.
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