How to stop eating to soothe stress, loneliness and other emotions

WICHITA, Kan. - For years, when Sandy Beck felt hurt or stressed out, she turned to food for comfort. She kept candy in her desk at work and stocked her kitchen with chocolate, cookies, chips and salsa. "There were times when I'd be upset and I'd sit here and eat a bag of chips or a bag of cookies or candy and think that was going to make the world right, but it never did," she says. "It just made me bigger and bigger."