Addicted to food

Addictions to food are more common among women than men and the term used for addiction to food or over eating is bulimia, which is known for its cycles of binge eating then purging by vomiting. Very often someone suffering from this addiction will revert to strict dieting in an attempt to curb their addiction but often fail and turn back to bingeing again going round in a constant circle.

A person with bulimia will have on average 14 episodes of binge eating every week and this has serious consequences on a person’s health both physically and mentally. Anorexia is another form of eating disorder in which a person believes they are over weight and sees themselves this way, starving themselves even though they may be hungry.

The person suffering from anorexia will also binge and purge trying to rid themselves of the weight they think they put on, this will continue however much weight they lose until they are painfully thin and ill.