When you consider the term, food addiction, you might first think that this refers to people who overeat, people who can’t stop eating. This is accurate in part. Perhaps this is a misnomer of this medical condition, because food addiction also refers to any obsessive or compulsive eating.
For example, people with anorexia or bulimia, or with such tendencies, have addictive behaviors towards the ritual of eating. This syndrome actually describes a condition where a person has an irrational fixation relating to the rituals surrounding eating.
Addiction to food is quite similar in nature to substance or alcohol abuse. People with this condition often spend more time anticipating the ritual than in enjoying the satisfaction of obtaining it. For example, people who are hooked on meds or illegal substances, will obsessively think about getting the next dose.
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When most people think of compulsive overeating, they picture some 800 pound, housebound soul that they have seen on a talkshow at some point. Most people assume that they can’t possibly be suffering from a food addiction if they aren’t morbidly obese. In reality, however, eating addiction come in as many shapes and sizes as we do.
Some food addicts aren’t even particularly overweight. Nonetheless, emotional eating takes a toll on all of us. It can cause us to eat fatty foods instead of healthy ones, to consume excessively large portions, or to snack on things that can cause health problems.
No matter if you have a serious case of addiction to food or a mild one, you are probably jeopardizing your health. As I said, not all overeating addictions are the same, but all of them do have repercussions. Obesity increases the strain on your heart, which can shorten your life span.
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