Science Confirms The Obvious: Unhealthy Eating Makes Your Bad Mood Worse
Not Making You Feel Better Wikimedia Commons It turns out that women who feel bad about their bodies don't feel happier after they binge their way through an entire box of donuts. Who knew? As much as we all wish the answer to any problem could be "eat more junk food," powering through an entire pint of Ben & Jerry's when you're in a bad mood won't help you feel better, according to research from Penn State University. It'll probably make you feel worse, actually. Shocker. Researchers gave handheld computers to a group of 131 college-age women with high levels of concern about their weight and body shape and patterns of unhealthy eating -- but not eating disorders -- and had them self-report their moods and eating behavior several times a day. They found the subjects' bad moods worsened after bouts of "disordered eating patterns," like binge eating, loss of...