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Finally, taking other steps to build empathy while offline, like learning about different cultures, engaging curiosity around others' life experiences and stories, and volunteering, might also help to counteract some of social media's impacts in this department.
最后，采取其他措施在线下建立同理心，如学习不同的文化，培养对他人生活经历和故事的好奇心，以及参加志愿服务，也可能有助于抵消社交媒体在这方面的一些影响。
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This wellbeing myth is almost true, says Dr Caroline Apovian, director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston University Medical Centre. “Stress can lead to weight gain,” she says, “but it’s not that stress itself, by any metabolic reason, causes weight gain.” Rather, the correlation is that people often turn to overeating as a reaction to stress.
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When our body feels it’s in danger, hormones are secreted, one of which is cortisol. Cortisol increases our heart rate, making us feel hyped up and anxious, motivating us to engage in reward-driven behaviour. It’s what would once have given the boost needed to run away from a woolly mammoth attack, but it’s less useful at helping us deal with modern, nonphysical stressors, such as looming deadlines. That’s where food comes in.
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“You don’t have to run, yet you have this anxiety that you have to do something with,” says Apovian. “Food quells certain anxieties. It hits the reward pathway so you can calm down.” This is particularly the case with high-sugar and high-fat foods. In the short-term, eating them makes us feel calmer.
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Do heightened cortisol levels, metabolically, make it harder to lose weight? No, says Apovian. In fact, she says, if you’ve gained weight during a stressful period, chances are you’ll lose it again once you return to your normal eating habits. The longer you’ve been overeating for, though, the harder it will be: your body weight set point (the weight range your body automatically maintains) might have increased and you might have to battle with deeply ingrained habits.
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Apovian says, if you’re going through a stressful patch, it’s important to “try to relieve stress in other ways. The best way to do it is to exercise and get the stress out vigorously, or based on your type of makeup, meditation might help.”
本文节选自：Guardian（卫报）
发布时间：2025.1.20
作者：Life and style
原文标题：Is it true that … stress makes you gain weight?
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原句：That’s where food comes in.
结构：That's where X comes in.
例句：That's where mastering essential skills comes in.
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Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the provided text?
A. The Metabolic Effects of Stress on Weight
B. How Cortisol Impacts Eating Habits
C. Stress, Eating, and Weight Management
D. The Benefits of Exercise and Meditation
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Stress doesn't directly cause weight gain through metabolic processes, but it often leads to overeating as a coping mechanism. This is because stress hormones, like cortisol, trigger reward-seeking behavior, making high-calorie foods appealing. While stress-related weight gain is reversible with a return to normal eating, prolonged overeating can shift the body's weight set point, making weight loss more challenging. Managing stress through exercise or meditation is recommended to avoid this cycle. Ultimately, the connection between stress and weight is behavioral, not purely metabolic.
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