Restrained eaters are actively restricting their food intake. What the studies consistently show is that during stress, people who are normally restrained eaters are more likely than others to become hyperphagic. This makes lots of sense. Things are a bit stressful—corporate thugs have looted your retirement savings, there’s anthrax in the mail, and you’ve realized that you hate how your hair looks. That’s exactly the time when most people decide that, as a coping device, as a means of being nice to themselves during a tough time, they need to ease up on something about which they’re normally
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