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Scary movies make you fat: Stress triggered by such movies has you grabbing junk food for comfort

Researchers at Lebanese American University in New York believe that this is the first study to to observe and assess the effect that movies have on our diet and appetite.
UPDATED FEB 20, 2019

Watching scary/violent movies can result in a person craving junk food and consequently gaining wait, a new study has found.

According to the study by Lebanese American University in New York, such films have proved to have left people feeling very stressed, nervous, tired, and also reaching for junk food for comfort. 

Unlike this, people who watch romantic comedies or narrative films do not have the same emotional reaction and tend to not binge on junk food.

Intense and violent movies can lead to people eating as a way to control the hormone-triggered stress. The researchers of the study also shared that it is one of the first studies to have observed the effect that movies have on our appetite and diet preferences.

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