And if emotional eating keeps getting in the way, address it.

"But for most people, emotional eating is simply a bad habit."

I wrote morning pages every day, which keeps you from doing emotional eating.

Still, she added, emotional eating is a potential risk factor for becoming heavy in the future.

When it's a problem If you're unsure whether your emotional eating has gone too far, ask yourself these questions.

One of the most important lessons she's conquered is emotional eating.

Is there a lot of emotional eating coming up?

Emotional eating means turning to food for comfort, not because you're hungry.

She had struggled with emotional eating all her teenage and adult years.

People have said for a long time that there is a correlation between emotional eating and obesity.

I would guess there is more emotional eating in a household with an abusive parent.

Frequent, heavy emotional eating can be a serious issue.

When people are not overweight, emotional eating is still not a good idea, she said.

Emotional eating is so common that it is sometimes considered well within the range of normal behavior.

Overall, high levels of the negative affect trait are related to emotional eating.

Food for thought Want to avoid excessive emotional eating?

"Emotional eating has gotten a bad name," David says.

The pounds just crept up she says, a combination of bad habits and emotional eating.

After all, what good is a weight-loss plan if the stress on your budget leads to emotional eating?

I was doing a lot of emotional eating.

Organizing your meals will help you identify and conquer emotional eating!

She says that emotional eating responds well to psychotherapy because “it is acquired in life.

Emotional eating will not become a habit,” says Jacobs.

Previously, so-called "emotional eating" has been associated with depression and anxiety.

As you learn to practice better coping strategies and to curb emotional eating, remember to reward yourself.