Emilia Thompson, registered nutritionist and lecturer in sports nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University, joins us to discuss emotional eating and how to manage it.
Today, Thompson shares what emotional eating is, its triggers, and how to tell the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. We discuss how to combat emotional eating, how it affects men and women, and how to be mindful when you're hungry so you don't overeat.
We talk about:
- What is emotional eating
- Emotional eating triggers
- Telling the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger
- Emotional hunger effects on men and women
- Compassionate and mindful eating
- How practical is compassionate eating
- Signs to seek professional help about emotional eating