Adolescents reporting stress-related eating consumed sweet and fatty foods and alcohol,
binged and used unhealthy weight control methods more often than their peers without stressdriven eating behaviour. Stress-eater girls were especially prone to other unfavourable health behaviours (tobacco use, shorter sleep). Given the tracking of health behaviours from childhood , stress-induced eating and drinking in adolescence may lead to using health-compromising coping strategies also in adulthood. Teaching adolescents healthy and effective coping skills to respond to stressors, and addressing co-occurring adverse lifestyles could be a key to preventing unhealthy eating, obesity and obesity-related diseases later in life.