Does Boredom Cause Anxiety And Stress?
Dining on Boredom
"My son is staying with us until he can find a job," a friend told me. " And he is gaining weight by the minute. When I asked him about it-I still am his mother, after all-he said that he is bored. So he spends his time eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
Boredom may be the most common cause of overeating. We watch our portions at meals, fill up on salads, read food labels to avoid unnecessary calories and forego desserts. But then along comes an evening of filling out income t...
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