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Stress and body shape: stress-induced cortisol secretion is consistently greater among women with central fatE S Epel
Health Psychology Program, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0848, USA
Psychosom Med 62:623-32. 2000....
Stress may add bite to appetite in women: a laboratory study of stress-induced cortisol and eating behaviorE Epel
UCSF Health Psychology Program, 3333 California St, Suite 465, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 26:37-49. 2001..These results suggest that psychophysiological response to stress may influence subsequent eating behavior. Over time, these alterations could impact both weight and health...
Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stressElissa S Epel
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, 3333 California Street, Suite 465, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:17312-5. 2004..These findings have implications for understanding how, at the cellular level, stress may promote earlier onset of age-related diseases...
Are stress eaters at risk for the metabolic syndrome?Elissa Epel
UCSF Health Psychology Program, 3333 California St, Ste 465, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1032:208-10. 2004..These data show prospectively that stress eating may indeed have short-term consequences on metabolic health. Future research will need to determine whether this confers a greater risk of disease over time...
