Stress In the News

If you are a member of the press or media, we are providing links to stories on stress in the news and how it's impacting both the health and weight of your viewers and readers. The economic decline, growing unemployment and uncertainty is a big story worth telling.

Is the Economy Making you Fat? - 2-20-2009 - Camille Noe Pagan - Forbes
With the Economy Down, Sleeplessness Is Up - 3-1-2009 - Steven Reinberg - Business Week/HealthDay
Stress Eats Away at Healthy Food Choices - 3-1-2009 - Helena Oliviero - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Food Affects Our Emotional State - 3-4-2009 - Sheryl Walters, Natural News
Mental Stress Spirals with Economy - 3-12-2009 - Marilyn Elias - USA TODAY
Is Daily Stress Making us Fat? - 3-12-2009 - Bryant Stamford - The Courier-Journal
Avoid the ‘recession 15’ with these 10 tips - 3-16-2009 - Laura T. Coffey- TODAYShow.com
Poll finds Americans Grow More Anxious about Money - 3-16-2009 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY
Don't Let the Finance Crisis Become a Health Crisis - 3-17-2009 - Dr. Mehmet Oz
NPD's Economy Tracker Shows Dips in Consumer Attitudes and Expected Shopping Behavior - 3-17-2009
Stress So Bad It Hurts -- Really - 3-17-2009 - Melinda Beck - Wall Street Journal
Health Tip: Stress and Diabetes - 3-18-2009 - U.S. News & World Repport/HealthDay News
Do You Know that Debt Stress Causes Health Problems? Ways to avoid - 3-18-2009 - eComerce Journal
Stress May Encourage E. Coli Illness - 3-19-2009 - Kevin McKeever - HealthDay
Global Financial Crisis is Bad for Our Health - 3-20-2009 - Professor Fran Baum - Flinders University
How the Economy Affects your Diet and Your Weight - 3-20-2009 - LA Times
Which Came First, the Belly or the Stress? - 3-21-2009 - Jennifer Sygo - Calgary Hearld
As the economy continues to struggle, the emotional suffering grows for many - 3-21-2009 - Tammie Smith - Richmond Times Dispatch
Experts: People can Overcome Money Stress - 3-22-2009 - Amy Olson - Wausau Daily Herald
Local Doctors Notice Uptick in Recession-Related Illnesses - 3-23-2009 - Debra Pressey - The News-Gazette
Experts say Play Time can Relieve Stress in Bad Times - 3-24-2009 - Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY
Help Destressing in Anxious Times - 3-24-2009 - Christina Hennessy - The Advocate
Women: Stress, Weight May Shorten Life - 3-26-2009 - Times of the Internet
Losing a Job Can Bring on Mental, Emotional Stress - 3-26-2009 - The Fallbrook Village News
Reading Can Help Reduce Stress - 3-29-2009 - Telegraph.co.uk
Job Stress is Not an Excuse to Gain Weight - 3-30-2009 - Mitch Felipe Philippine Daily Inquirer
Website Offers Emotional Rescue from Economy - 3-31-2009- Reuters
U.S. Private Sector Axes 742,000 Jobs in March - 4-1-2009 - Reuters
Anxiety, Depression Rise Sharply as Economy Tumbles - 4-1-2009 - Michelle MacLeod - ITworldcanada.com
Kids Begin to Feel Stress of Economy - 4-1-2009 - Melissa Wilson - MyFox Houston
Recession Taking Emotional:People Spending Less, Stressing More - 4-2-2009 - Jennifer Agiesta - Washington Post
Jobless rate bolts to 8.5 percent, 663K jobs lost - 4-3-2009 - Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press
Recession Jobs Losses Top 5 Million - 4-3-2009 - Brian Blackstone-Wall Street Journal
Avoiding unhealthy stress eating - 4-4-2009 - WABC-TV
Stress of financial hard times strains spousal relationships - 4-4-2009 - Dane Stickney - Omaha World-Herald
Tuesday at 11:45 is most stressful time of the week, survey suggests - 4-6-2009 - Telegraph
Women Tackle Stress Head-On With Exercise - 4-7-2009 - Health News Digest
Coping with Financial Stress - 4-8-2009 - Pam Belluck - New York Times
Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives - 4-8-2009 - Pam Belluck - New York Times
Spas proving to be stress busters for some during economic downturn - 4-9-2009 - Bernie Petit - Gaston Gazatte
Emotional Eating and Weight Loss - 4-13-2009 - Cheryl M Brown - Examiner.com
When life is a grind, teeth feel the stress - 4-14-2009 - Barbara Anderson - Chicago Tribune
Dealing With Recession-Related Stress - 4-14-2009 - Paul B.Brown - New York Times
Health in hard times: Struggling economy can leave us down - 4-20-2009- Chicago Tribune
Stressed Americans postpone healthcare - 4-20-2009 - Reuters
Members battle the bulge - 4-21-2009 -Erika Lovley - Politico
Recession-related stress takes toll on personal health - 4-22-2009 - Dawn Sagario Pauls - Des Moines RegisterSTRESSED OUT! New Web site offers help in hard times -5-7-2009 - Darla Carter - Courier-Journal
The Recession 15: In Hard Times, Some Pack on Pounds - 5-13-2009 - Sue Shellenbarger - WSJ

Story Ideas:

• Are you a Stress Eater? 10 Questions Reveal How you Handle Stress
• Is the Economy Making you Fat?
• 4-Step Plan to Stop Stress Eating
  
• Foods to Stress Less in a Down Economy
• Can Fear of Job Loss Make you Fat?
• Don't Let Job Loss Fear Turn into 10 pound Weight Gain
• Stress Buster: Stress-Less-Moody-Smoothies
• Are Value Meals are Making you Fat?
• Healthy/Unhealthy Food Cost Index Behind Bad Eating Habits (source: here)
  

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