overeating
{{Short description|Condition which individual consumes excessive food in relation to expenditure of energy in body}}
{{For|a more technical discussion, especially as overeating relates to a medical condition|obesity}}
{{Original research|date=October 2008}}
Overeating occurs when an individual consumes more calories than the energy that is expended via physical activity or expelled via excretion, or when they consume food past the point of satiation, often leading to weight gain and often obesity. Overeating is the defining characteristic of binge eating disorder,{{cite web |title=Binge-eating disorder |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/binge-eating-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353627 |website=mayoclinic.org}} and it can be a symptom of bulimia nervosa.{{cite web |title=Bulimia nervosa |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bulimia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353615 |website=mayoclinic.org |access-date=25 October 2021}}
In a broader sense, hyperalimentation includes excessive food administration through other means than eating, e.g. through parenteral nutrition.
Treatment
Cognitive behavioural therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy are often beneficial in helping people keep track of their eating habits and changing the way they cope with difficult situations. Often overeating and the related binge eating are related to dieting, body image issues, as well as social pressures.{{cite web|title=How I stopped overeating - the Food Freedom Guide|url=http://www.theweightless.co/how-i-stopped-binge-eating|website=The Weightless Co.|date=2019-06-18|access-date=2019-06-18|archive-date=2019-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805004329/http://theweightless.co/how-i-stopped-binge-eating|url-status=dead}}
There are several 12-step programs that helps overeaters, such as Overeaters Anonymous or Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous and others.
It is quite clear through research, and various studies that overeating causes addictive behaviors.
In some instances, overeating has been linked to the use of medications known as dopamine agonists, such as pramipexole.{{cite web|title=Parkinson's drug can cause compulsive gambling|url=http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/parkinsons-disease/BN00043|website=Mayo Clinic|date=2005-07-15|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320025453/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/parkinsons-disease/BN00043|archivedate=2006-03-20}}
See also
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- Compulsive overeating
- Counterregulatory eating
- Behavioral addiction
- Binge eating
- Food drunk
- Gluttony
- Polyphagia
- Fasting
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References
Further reading
- Kessler, David A. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (2009) {{ISBN|1-60529-785-2}}
External links
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