Habit & Health Lab

by Guadalupe Gutierrez In recent years, there has been a major emphasis on calorie tracking as a weight management and health improvement strategy. While this technique is useful, it does not always explain why people eat in specific ways. From a public health standpoint, health is determined by habits, emotions,…

Emotional eating is often described as eating in response to feelings rather than physical hunger. While this is sometimes viewed as an individual issue, from a public health perspective it reflects a more complex interaction between emotional well-being, daily stressors, and environmental factors. Health behaviours are rarely isolated, and emotional…