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Are you emotionally hungry or really hungry?

Are you emotionally hungry or really hungry?

With this quick check you can check whether you are really hungry or whether the emo-eater in you has surfaced.

Physical hunger

  • Develops gradually.
  • Can also be soothed with a sandwich.
  • Is stilled when your body is satiated.
  • Characterized by calm and mindful eating.

Emotional hunger

  • Comes up quite suddenly.
  • Can only be appeased with something tasty or unhealthy.
  • Is practically insatiable:you can keep eating.
  • Often characterized by fast and mindless eating

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