2022-07-11

每天要面对来自生活、工作的压力对于很多现代人来说已是家常便饭，但随之而来的是由压力引起的健康隐患，包括睡眠不足和心脏疾病等。你知道吗，除此之外，压力还可以使人的体重增加，甚至导致肥胖？

Have you ever had a stressful day? Many people do in the course of their daily lives. And on these high-pressure days, they might find themselves reaching for a sugary snack. Perhaps this is part of their daily routine. Or perhaps on this particular day, their self-control is a bit low and they feel compelled to take a sugar hit.

Stress is natural. That feeling of strain or pressure is a biological response, and under the right circumstances can be a great source of motivation. However, too much stress, especially chronic1 stress, has been linked to sleep disruption, a higher likelihood of a stroke, heart-attack, ulcer2 or depression, among other things.  But why should stress make a person comfort eat?

Dr Giles Yeo, a member of the BBC's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor team, got together with scientists from Leeds University to conduct an experiment into the effect of stress on blood sugar.