Researches suggest that stress alters eating behaviour, redirecting food choices to food with greater energy value and high sugar and fat content. Stress is one of a factor which may influence behaviours and health especially when an individual faces challenges that surpass his or her coping skills. Psychological stress, a perceived challenge to well being, is an indispensable and influential part of life. Although stress-causing factors vary greatly from person to person and between the genders, physiological reactions of the human body against stress are quite similar to each other. The purpose of B. Sc. Thesis is to find out the connection between stress factors and eating behaviour of students. The data we obtained with the survey indicate the link between stress and nutrition, as 56% of respondents reported that they encounter unhealthy food under the influence of stress. 45% of students reported that they consumed more food in such a condition. In the category of foods with larger content of sugar, fat and salt, it turned out that students are consuming some of these foods too often. 45% of respondents claimed that they eat candy and chocolate even 1 to 3 times a week. Also, the same proportion of students enjoy cakes, desserts and confectionery 1 to 3 times a week. As a very stressful factors students reported: failure, problems and misunderstandings with partner, inadequate knowledge before preliminary exam/test.
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