People Turn To Chocolate When They Feel Low - Study
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 15:40
in Health & Medicine
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has confirmed that chocolate is a favorite snack for people when they are feeling down. Researchers found that both women and men eat more chocolate as depressive symptoms increase, suggesting an association between mood and chocolate. Future studies will be required to determine the basis of this association, as well as the role of chocolate in depression, as cause or cure, researchers say. Results of the study were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week. read more