The Impact of Chronic Stress and Eating Concern on Acylated Ghrelin Following Acute Psychological Stress in Healthy Men

Stress, mood, and eating behavior play an important role in appetite weight regulation. In particular, ghrelin, as the only known orexigenic hormone, has been suggested to be influential mediator food intake responses stress. The exact of ghrelin hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis is still unknown further challenged by psychological aspects stress behavior. This study aimed assess effect chronic subjective concern about on acute stress-induced changes acylated ghrelin. a 2-day study, sixteen healthy male participants were confronted with stressful situation well control situation. Additional measurements heart rate, hunger ratings, mood ratings made successful induction. linear mixed model approach revealed significant for study-day*chronic-stress interaction (p < 0.001). Concern did not affect levels after exposure. showed that lower exposure was associated stronger response versus condition. At same time, higher blunted compared Our findings indicate can influence encounters, possibly affecting subsequent explaining often diverse outcome responses.