Women eat more for stress than men

• April 19, 2024

It is more common for women to eat compulsive way than men, in a ratio of 2 to 1. This food disorder , is characterized by ingesting a large amount of food, losing control of what is eaten in short periods of time or by obsession with what is swallowed .

According to the doctor Arieh Goldberg , bariatrician and specialist in eating disorders , eating compulsively, is the most common eating disorder and they suffer it so much people with obesity , like those with normal weight.

People with this disease, Dr. Goldberg adds, feel guilty for not being able to control their food intake and become obsessed with their weight. The compulsive eater disorder , it differs from the bulimia , because the person who eats rampantly does not induce vomiting, does not take laxatives, or diuretics.

Profile of the compulsive eater

In accordance with Arieh Goldberg , specialist in eating disorders , there are several signs that indicate this type of Eating Disorder (TCA):

1. There are frequent episodes of binge eating


2. They can not control the amount of what they eat


3. They eat very fast and they are always accompanied by a period of stress I anxiety


4. They eat even if they are not hungry and always seek to be alone


5. They feel guilt Y depression after eating so much, but they do it again

The causes that cause a person eat compulsively They are still unknown, but it is known that more than 50% of these patients have a history of depression .

In the case of this Eating Disorder , Dr. Goldberg suggests, that to begin treatment to improve the quality of life of the patient, it is required to work with constancy psychological and when there is more control, start a custom feeding plan .

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