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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: When Food Is Love
- References: <63620079@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <17526@pitt.UUCP> <1992Nov19.232742.11565@spdcc.com> <1992Nov20.165558.17452@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:26:42 GMT
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- In <1992Nov20.165558.17452@inmet.camb.inmet.com> mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur) writes:
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- >But...Roth is not targeting people who overeat simply because they like
- >food. That's the whole point. Some people are fat because they like food,
- >some because of their genes, and some people because they have gotten
- >their emotional state intricately entwined with their eating.
-
- >Surely you wouldn't consider an anorectic someone who just likes to eat
- >less? Or a bulemic just someone who likes to eat and throw up? The answer
- >is "yes, there are real cultural reasons why eating disorders escape men."
- >Unfortunately, up until now, compulsive overeating looked too much like
- >gluttony for many people to consider it a "real" disorder. Apparently it
- >is just now being considered for DMSR-III.
-
- >Clearly Steve and Gordon are not "compulsive" overeaters. But I am. I
- >am not convinced that "eating until satisfied" is an answer for compulsive
- >overeaters. But confronting issues of emotions and food definitely is.
-
- right on, beth! to quote "the motherfolkers" (a great all women folk
- band) "chocolate is love"...when i am depressed, i eat. when i am
- around "family" i eat...if i have had a rough day i go to mcdonalds
- for a cheeseburger and fries...a large bag of salty chips and a trashy
- novel will make me feel better (temporarily)...
-
- i am finally learning how to deal with this...well, not really, but my
- body chemistry is getting weird...too much sugar makes me dizzy...and
- now when i eat chocolate (for stress or for fun) i get ill...
-
- working on the reasons behind fat is as important as working on the
- fat itself, IMHO...
-
- barb
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