El estrés cambia nuestra alimentación y ocasiona diversas enfermedades

Abstract

During the last decades, society has experienced a drastic lifestyle change in every sense, climate, workplace, technology, diet and diseases among others. Regarding diseases, an alarming increase in mental illnesses has been reported, among which stress is one of the most prevalent. This mental disorder characterized by a general feeling of discomfort accompanied by manifestations in our body such as pain or fatigue has been associated with multiple diseases. However, there is very little information in Mexico that associates the growing phenomenon of stress with the health crisis of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, which are the main causes of death in the country. These diseases are mainly caused by poor diet, among other factors. In this work we propose that this poor diet could be caused, at least in part, by the experience of stress that the population is suffering.