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Have you ever been depressed?  Chances are that you have felt down at some point in your life.  How do you deal with depression when it happens?  A lot of people turn to food as a source of comfort when they are depressed.  For example, many collge kids that go away to college for the first time and miss mom or dad’s home cooked meals may make up for it by purchasing pre-cooked meals at the store that resemble it.  They may over-indulge in these types of foods as a means for being closer to their parents who are now so far away.  As a result, we have the infamous "freshman 15," which is a saying that was popularized by the number of college freshmen that go home after their first year of college to visit after gaining 15 pounds from eating too much or the wrong kinds of food.

This entry was posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 10:13 am and is filed under Health.