Research from the Cornell Food & Brand Lab suggests that untidy kitchens lead to much more stress eating of unhealthy foods compared to kitchens that are clean.

Untidy kitchens likely lead to weight gain, according to a recent research from the Cornell Food & Brand Lab. 

A study placed 98 females into two separate kitchens--one was cluttered and one was organized. Each kitchen contained bowls of healthy and unhealthy snacks like carrots and cookies. 

A summary of the findings notes, "When stressed out females were asked to wait for another person in a messy kitchen -- with newspapers on the table, dishes in the sink, and the phone ringing -- they ate twice as many cookies compared to women in the same kitchen when it was organized and quiet. In total they ate 65 more calories more in 10 minutes time."