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This 10 page paper discusses various food-related conditions including food addictions, binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, and the obesity epidemic in the U.S. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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is that we have to eat to survive; we dont have to drink, smoke or take drugs. That means that people who overeat cannot simply quit, they will be facing
not only the desire, but the necessity of eating all their lives. Its when this obsession gets out of hand that illness like anorexia nervosa and bulimia arise. This paper
discusses food addictions/obsessions in general, then describes binge eating, bulimia, and anorexia, as well as the consequences of each, treatment options; it also discusses the epidemic of obesity in the
U.S. Discussion Food addiction is very real, but the reasons for it vary, just as the reasons for all other addictions vary from person to person. We start with an
overview of food addiction, then move to the various types. Overview of food addiction: Food addiction can drive a person just as hard as any addiction, if anecdotal evidence is
to be believed. Her need for chocolate once drove Dana Littleton out in freezing weather: "l just couldnt get through my day without chocolate, Id be positively frenzied if I
didnt have it and feet calm and at ease when I did" (Eller, 2006, p. 170). When she ran out one day, she took her two children, a toddler and
an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was totally out of control: "I wasnt even out of the parking lot before
I had inhaled two candy bars" (Eller, 2006, p. 170). The reason for Littletons addiction appears to be the death of her father when she was very young; she used
food to numb the pain (Eller, 2006). Her constant intake of chocolate-she ate it all day long-pushed her weight to 250 pounds; "her back and knees hurt, and she had
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