One of the main signs of emotional hunger is the desire to eat a certain "comforting" product. Some products begin to be associated with overcoming unpleasant experiences, and a person buys them to improve the spoiled mood and the uproar.

On the first place in the list of comforting products is ice cream. Everyone likes it, but other preferences depend on sex: women prefer chocolate and cakes, and men - pizza, meat or roast.

According to some sources, the specific choice depends on the experiences. In one study, the following results were obtained: in a happy mood, 32% of the respondents preferred pizza and roast meat, in a sad way - 39% were drawn to ice cream or a cake, and 36% were bored to open a pack of health chips. Sumy. Ua.