Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings {#blank#}1{#/blank#}of satisfying hunger. Believe it or not, we've all been there. Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a big test? But when done a lot — especially {#blank#}3{#/blank#} realizing it — emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.

Understanding what drives emotional eating can help people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} steps to change it. One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it's caused by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they're stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine's Day or the celebration of a holiday feast. Sometimes emotional eating is tied {#blank#}6{#/blank#} major life events, like a death or a divorce. More often, though, it's the countless little daily stresses {#blank#}7{#/blank#} cause someone {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(seek) comfort in food.

We're all emotional eaters to a degree. But for some people emotional eating can be a real problem,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cause) serious weight gain or other problems. The trouble with emotional eating is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain. And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you like. That's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}it helps to know the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger.

    Next time you reach for a snack, wait and think about which type of hunger is driving it.

    China has developed a unique festival food culture throughout the years. Eating dumplings is a common folk custom for many Chinese on the day of winter solstice(冬至), especially those{#blank#}1{#/blank#}live in the north.

    When midwinter comes, vital movement begins to decline and calm down. In this period,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}eaten in a right amount, some nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, and chestnuts are good for one's body.

    People in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) accustomed to eating wontons in midwinter. According to an old story, during the midwinter feast 2, 500 years ago, the King of Wu{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(feed) up with all kinds of costly foods and wanted to try{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(variety) things. Then, the beauty Xishi made wontons to honor the kings wish. He ate a lot and liked the food very much. Later, the people of Suzhou had wontons to celebrate the festival{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official).

    In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of small dumpling ball{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce)with sticky rice flour (粉). In Yinchuan, Ningxia, people call midwinter the "Ghost Festival". On that day, it is customary for people there to eat mutton soup and the dumplings in it. They give the midwinter soup a strange name and call it "brain", which they usually share with their{#blank#}8{#/blank#}relative)

    People in Taiwan keep the custom of providing nine-layer cakes{#blank#}9{#/blank#}their ancestors. People from the same family gather at their ancestral temples to adore their ancestors in order of their ages. After{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hold)the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand dinner.

    What can keep your brain young and active? Marie Pasinski{#blank#}1{#/blank#} doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital, says, “New experiences as well as a good snack.”

    The next time you feel{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bore) at the pool, play a board game or cards. Exercising your mind with a challenging game that requires brainpower,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} chess or bridge (桥牌), is more than just fun. These types of games are so interesting{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they can build up working memory. Traveling, especially in the places where English isn't spoken, can make you{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (smart) and more intelligent. There is a great deal of recent research proving its benefits.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the other hand, eat more nuts! Not only are nuts the perfect snack for a summer road trip, they also keep your mind sharp. Some nuts are rich in magnesium(镁),{#blank#}7{#/blank#}can improve learning skills and memory of mice. The research{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (publish) in the Journal Neuron last month. Another study at New York State Institute also proved the point{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) that mice who ate nuts made improvements in learning, memory, emotional regulation and movements, compared with{#blank#}10{#/blank#} who didn't eat nuts.

    China's industrial output is expected to rise by around 6.5 percent this year, marking the best {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (perform) since 2010, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Made in China 2025 strategy (策略) helps to raise productivity and revenue (税收).

    The increase is 0.5 percentage points {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (high) than the targeted growth, partly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (drive) by strong efforts to increase the use of new technology at traditional enterprises (企业), Miao Wei said on Monday.

    “The country's industrial economy has maintained steady and sound growth thanks {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the Made in China 2025 strategy. It promoted the combination of manufacturing and new technologies such as {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Internet, big data and cloud computing,” Mina added.

    The ministry also predicted that the country's industrial output would be likely {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (grow) by around 6 percent next year, with revenue from the telecommunications, Internet, and software and information technology service {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (increase) by 50 percent, 30 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

    According to Miao, the country will also publish policies {#blank#}9{#/blank#} promoting the development of digital economy. The data show that the country's digital economy added up to 22.58 trillion yuan last year, ranking second {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (global) and accounting for around 30 percent of national GDP.