The Credit Munch

The Credit Munch
Recession-prompted comfort eating.

Reporting recently on an apparent correlation between dwindling finances and expanding waistlines, The Daily Express stated:

Stressed-out Britons have piled on 20 million stone in a year trying to “comfort eat” their way through the recession, according to [a] report out today.
The condition – dubbed the credit munch – has seen three-in-five Britons put on weight in the past 12 months, according to research by on-line pharmacy TheChemist.co.uk.
The countrywide survey of 3,000 Britons shows that the pressure of being forced to tighten our belts has led to many people failing to control their weight.
(The term Credit Munch has also been used to describe a trend for bringing home-prepared lunches to work.)


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