Overview

An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life. According to the authors of Surviving an Eating Disorder, "feelings about work, school, relationships, day-to-day activities and one's experience of emotional well being are determined by what has or has not been eaten or by a number on a scale." Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the most common eating disorders generally recognized by medical classification schemes, with a significant diagnostic overlap between the two. Together, they affect an estimated 5-7% of females in the United States during their lifetimes. There is a third type of eating disorder currently being investigated and defined - Binge Eating Disorder. This is a chronic condition that occurs when an individual consumes huge amounts of food during a brief period of time and feels totally out of control and unable to stop their eating. It can lead to serious health conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Emotional Eater - How Do You Know?

Emotional eating is very common in today's society. Emotional eaters overeat to compensate for the day-to-day pressures of modern living. Food has become a way of helping us to balance our feelings and whilst in moderation this is not a bad thing, it has an adverse effect on our health if taken to extreme.

Identifying if you are an emotional eater is essential, as ignoring this leads to obesity and other health related illnesses.

To find out whether you are an emotional eater, answer the following questions.

  • Do you reach for food at the first sign of stress
  • Do you overeat when you are sad
  • Do you eat from the fridge between meals whilst thinking of something else
  • Do you reach for a snack when angry
  • Do you devour a bar of chocolate in seconds to calm yourself downDo you
  • When something good happens do you celebrate by eating
  • When socialising at your home, do you more often than not offer food
  • Is food the first thing that comes to mind when you are emotional
  • Is food on your mind most of the time
  • Do you see food as a form of energy to survive or as comforter

If you have answered yes to one of these questions you are probably an emotional eater. If you have answered yes to 3 or more you are definitely an emotional eater.

It is possible to break the habit of emotional eating. Awareness is the key to taking the first step into gaining control.



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Added: September 26, 2009
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