Dieting increases stress, becomes irritated and angry

ByPink Sherbet Photography

People who are on a diet may have images that are always irritated but studies have found that it is not just an image but emotions such as anger and irritation are aroused by dieting .

It seems that becoming aggressive to others and trying to want to see movies with violent content by forcing them to manage their appetite and manage somehow.

The contents of the experiment that the diet increases stress will be from the following.Dieting is stressful and makes you irritable and angry - Telegraph

According to research published in the Journal of Consumer Research magazine, suppression of appetite for a diet can make you feel aggressive and become interested in movies with violent content It is that there is sex.

In the first experiment we asked the subject to choose whether to eat chocolate bars or apples and then asked what kind of movie they wanted to see afterwards. People who chose a low-calorie apple rather than a chocolate bar that tends to be an enemy of high calorie diet are more likely to choose a movie with the theme of anger and retribution than a movie with calm content. That's right.

In the next experiment, we asked subjects who were in financial difficulty to pick one of the two types of gift certificates, then showed a photograph of sad expression and angry expression and asked which side they were interested in It was. People who chose gift certificates that can be used to purchase food items said that they were more interested in angry faces than people who chose the admission tickets for hot spring facilities, so they are more interested in eating The result was that it was easy for people to attract to the emotions of anger.

In the third experiment, I showed public policy messages to subjects on diet and asked what kind of content they liked. Then, rather than a message with a pessimistic content, "If the police officer training cost is cut, there is a risk that the punishment rate of criminals will rise", but if the receiving side says rather angry I understood that I had a favorable evaluation on the contents.

To the last of a series of experiments, I showed a slightly radical propaganda at a retail store after letting the subject choose either a healthy snack or a delicious but not very healthy snack. As a result, it seems that the percentage who answered that people who chose healthy snacks felt irritated when they saw advertisement complaints than those who chose snacks that are not good for health. In this case, a person who chose a healthy snack could be considered sensitive to stress from the outside, because I endured the other delicious snack.


According to David Gal of Chicago · Northwestern University who conducted this experiment and Wendy Liu of the University of California, "Will it cause anger feelings for just a few things when self-control is exercised"? Under the idea of ​​thinking, I decided to conduct a survey.

"In this survey, those who exercise self-discipline showed a tendency to become aggressive towards others, people who are on the diet are short-tempered, the image that they will soon get angry is well-known I think that it is exactly the result of that, "I also comment on what I was expecting about the results of the survey.

In addition, the two authors also mention that the slogan of public policy rather than counteracting negative feelings such as anger and annoyance, is counterproductive, "to replace the long-term goal For those who have explored actions to encourage positive behaviors rather than setting a slogan, it is easier to take various methods to promote positive behavior against the goals set by public policy " I suggest that it is good.

Regarding diet too, it may be more effective to take various measures to diverge stress moderately in order to continue sustaining dieting rather than excessively restrained eating habits.