On March 26, U.S. News & World Report published an article, written by Anna Medaris Miller, titled "Is Food Stress Making You Fat?" It was a well-researched piece which quoted not only me but also Julie L. Pike, a psychologist in Durham, North Carolina, and Dr. Tiffany Lowe-Payne, an obesity specialist also located in North Carolina. The article's main points are that stress is actually counterproductive to efforts to lose weight. As Miller writes, "The more you worry about