> Alternative hypotheses for unhealthy eating and obesity Where is the hypothesis that states of hunger and states of anxiety are "signaled through the same me

> Alternative hypotheses for unhealthy eating and obesity Where is the hypothesis that states of hunger and states of anxiety are "signaled through the same mechanisms" (sorry, no time to locate all the long names) and, that the state which in other languages is called "being full" is gives "relief" from anxiety and stress. In other words, overeating is just a misuse of food as an answer to increased stress. Binge eating is not like binge drinking of a stupid youth, it is like "aged" alcoholism of "staying stable" with a glass in each two hours. And it is much closer to tobacco smoking than to drug abuse (there is a nice course "Drugs and Brain" on coursera, btw). Sometimes I wish I could be one of these "meme"-scientists claiming that they have found oversimplified single cause (it is microbes, like fly, stupid!) for a vastly complex, multiple-causation phenomena. Of course, microbes have some influence over host's eating behavior, via described neuro-chemical feed-back loops, but of course this is not a "single" or even the "most powerful" cause. "Change of social norms" was a good insight - now it is OK to live this way.