We eat twice as much junk food during weepy movies than comedies
Research shows that we eat up to 55 per cent more when watching a weepy movie than a happy one.
It is thought that we comfort eat to make us feel better.
With popcorn and ice cream among the favourite foods of film-goers, the phenomenon spells bad news for dieters.
US researchers offered a group of office workers range of snacks while they watched the epic Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw weepy Love Story and Sweet Home Alabama, an upbeat, funny film.
Researcher Brian Wansink, of Cornell University, said: ‘After the movies were over and the tears were wiped away, those who had watched Love Story had eaten 36 per cent more popcorn.’
The more gripping a film is, the less likely someone will want to leave their seat and miss a good scene.