Emotional eating is that people use food as a way to deal with feelings. In other words, eating     1     (use) by some people as a way to express as a way to express their emotions. We’ve all been there, finishing a whole bag of chips out of boredom or eating cookie after cookie while     2     (study) hard for a big test.

Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings. However, understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps     3     (change) it. One of the     4     (big) arguments about emotional eating is that it is caused by negative feelings. People often turn to food     5     they’re lonely, sad, bored or stressed out. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert     6     Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a holiday feast.

Emotional eating     7     (pattern) can be learned. A child who is given candy after a big     8     (achieve) may grow up regarding candy as     9     reward for a job well done. A kid who is given cookies as a way to stop crying may learn to link cookies with comfort     10     (easy).