Thursday, April 4, 2013
Addicted to Food?
Have
you ever sat down and eaten an entire jar of peanut butter in one sitting? For
many people we would say no, but there are a group of people that can relate to
this idea. It may not be peanut butter, but it could be something else. Eating large amounts of food at one time can
considered a food addiction. The challenge with food addiction is that they are
less identifiable than eating disorders. The lines become blurred. An eating
addiction overlaps with an eating disorder in one aspect. The person suffering
from the addiction does not have a healthy relationship with food. A group
called Overeaters Anonymous has recently been formed. This is the same idea as
Alcoholics Anonymous. People with a food addiction get a “high” from eating
food like alcoholics get from alcohol consumption. Those that suffer from this can attend OA meeting to get help. This addiction gets in the
way of the lives of those that suffer from it. American society needs to pay
more attention to food addiction and educate people on healthy relationships
with food so that maybe some people can avoid this addiction
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Actually, OA was formed in 1960, and there are now 8 groups that use the 12 Steps to battle eating problems. Check out fatboythinman.com/resources for contact info for them, and other food-addition resources.
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