The Importance of Setting Down

William: Stress and busyness degree are not causative factors of obesity or non obesity. They are sort of like modifying permissive factors. And then your responses will be as your genetics and predisposition dictate, he says. William: Some people just don't get it much or were so much from stress that they get such a huge response from their food. But since eating is positively motive to them at a high level, reducing stress by eating can reduce weight.