Emotional Eating or Anorexia: The Mood-Food Connection
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Emotional Eating
Emotions are not only a factor in overeating; they contribute to undereating, too. People who suffer from anorexia nervosa have emotional distress that prevents them from eating anything, healthy or not.
Anorexia is considered by mental health professionals to be a distinct mental health condition. Symptoms of anorexia include an obsession with food and with being thin, and people with anorexia maintain a weight that is noticeably below normal for their ages and heights. Although it centers around food, people with anorexia are often trying to cope
