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It can seem inevitable. You hit the dreaded PMS week each month and you’re tired, you’re in pain and you feel as if you’re heavier than usual for no apparent reason. Is there any crueler gender-specific biological punishment?

But before you fall into another unproductive bout of self-pity about your body, know there’s new research that puts that weight-related symptom in context.

While previous studies have suggested hormones may cause a woman to obsess about body size, that hypothesis misses a very important link. The new study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, suggests that it’s actually the guilt a woman may feel about how much she’s eating as a result of those hormones that puts her at higher risk of suffering feelings of self-loathing — whether or not she’s actually gaining weight.

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