Chocolate and Emotions

Gabrielle Wilson
ENGL-1102-051

April 5th, 2014

Overview: The question that I have chosen is What is in

chocolate that causes people, mainly women, to eat it when they are sad and/or upset? A lot of people, mainly women, turn to chocolate and sweets when something happens in their lives that causes them to e sad and depressed! What causes them to do this? Is there something in chocolate that ma"es you feel etter and eases your sadness?

Populations Involved: This effects all sorts of people#

anyone really! A lot of times it is women that turn to sweets when something devastating and sad happens in their life! Although it is common among women, that doesn$t mean those are the only people that are effected y goring themselves on chocolate after an emotional event! I honestly elieve it could happen to any ody# male or female!

Motivations: This topic interests me ecause if I get upset I turn to chocolate and sweets to ma"e me
feel etter! I don$t "now why I do, ut it always seems to help! I want to figure out what it is a out chocolate that can calm people ac" down and ma"e them feel o"ay again!

Audience Analysis: I elieve that a lot of the women in our class would also li"e to "now why they
thin" chocolate is the answer after an emotional event! I tal"ed to one person, and she said that she would e interested to see what I found on this topic# why this type of thing happens a lot! Therefore, I elieve it would e an interesting topic for people in our class to learn more a out! I don$t thin" that a lot of people are too familiar with this topic! %o ody ever questions it# they &ust start eating chocolate! I want to find out why this is something done mainly among women, not men?

Resources: I thin" the most helpful resources to find answers on this question would e health
articles tal"ing a out why people thin" they need to eat chocolate when they are feeling sad and depressed! 'oogle will pro a ly e how I find these articles! I could also use the we site that (tephanie )tis tal"ed to us a out in the la to help me find sources related to this topic!

Conclusion: *inding the answer to this question would ma"e this research and pro&ect very
satisfying! If I can find out what is in chocolate that draws people to eating it more when they are depressed will help to ma"e this pro&ect satisfying! I haven$t completely decided on how I am going to present my research!!!I might &ust do a paper!!!or powerpoint!!!or a poster! I don$t "now yet# still have to thin" a out that one!!!! I can$t wait to see where this pro&ect ta"es me+