Introduction
overweight
Chronic stress and overweight are of major public health relevance and there is a growing body of evidence that suggests that these two phenomena are connectedOn the one hand, being overweight is associated with higher psychological stressOn the other hand, psychological stress is associated with overweightFirstly, the concept of Emotional eating tends to co-occur with a second stress-related eating style: As a third relevant stress-related eating style, (3) Complicating matters, it is especially unhealthy energy-dense, highly palatable foods, high in sugar and fat, which are often eaten in response to stressWhile comprehensive lifestyle intervention programs, including our ownTo our knowledge, there are no studies that have prospectively examined the mediating role of stress-eating on weight change in behavioural interventions. Few however, have examined the role of stress eating on weight change and therefore indicate that there may be a mediating effect