Compulsive Overeating

All the people arguing against recognizing binge eating as a psychiatric disorder do so because they think this will just excuse weak-willed people for being fat.

The world's heaviest man has been warned that he has just months to live unless he loses weight, it was revealed today. Paul Mason, 48, who weighs 70 ...

As we all know all too well, the holidays present a multitude of stresses that together can create the perfect 'fat' storm.

Kids don't necessarily say: "More, More!" because they have trouble with transitions, but simply because they have a well-developed palate, and love the stimulation and sensations of food!

This false self is also sometimes seen as the "idealized self" or the self through which we operate because our true self just somewhere along the line (usually quite young) felt too weak, inadequate or overwhelmed to function and gain approval in the situation in which it finds itself.

Just like alcohol, gambling and sex, food is the object of obsession for thousands, maybe millions, who are addicted to non-addictive substances.

Compulsive overeaters eat way past the point of full. Some I have worked with have consumed up to 60,000 calories in one day.

Say you are an otitis-triggered "energy-intense" eater. So, you have a greater preference for fatty and creamy foods... Does that mean that you are powerless to control your cravings? Of course, not.

Are you using food to deal with the current stress we are all under due to the turmoil in the economy? Do you find yourself mindlessly consuming foods you don't normally eat?