Talk:Overeating

message: It is very simplistic to say that overeating is a symptom. Don't we all overeat at times? How does one distinguish between normal and irrational overeating? JFW | T@lk 23:58, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

message: Also reference to Praeder Willi (spelling?) Syndrome should be included
:You mean Prader-Willi syndrome? JFW | T@lk 12:13, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: PWS

message: I tend to eat a great deal of food, but I am an athlete and train 14 times per week (2 workouts per day... morning and afternoon) and as a result stay remarkably thin at 6'0" and 188. My question is: Is my appetite dependant on my athleticism? I have been an athlete most of my life, so I have nothing to base the question on, but if I stopped training, would my appetite compensate and decrease, or would I continue overeating?
I realize this isn't the proper forum for questions, but I was just curious.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by  Ubergenius (talk • contribs) 00:33, 1 February 2007
:According to a letter to New Scientist, experiments by Jean Mayer showed that the amount people (and rodents) eat increases with exercise, but only if the amount of exercise is over a certain threshold. Below this threshold, their appetite would be higher the less exercise they did! Eric Kvaalen (talk) 19:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You seem to be saying the proof of the pudding is in the not eating.  5.81.165.128 (talk) 11:57, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: These two articles discuss practically the same subject.  "Compulsive" overeating is certainly a subset of overeating, therefore it would make sense to make "Compulsive overeating" a section in this article. Neelix (talk) 17:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Compulsive overeating]] 

message: Does overeating refer to the amount one eats at a time or the calories one consumes. It is not clear in the article. For example, if one eats 2kg of chopped tomatoes, this still is only 400kcal's, which still is too low even for a single meal, while its can be considered "overeating". Still eating this amount of tomatoes wouldnt cause central obesity, even after doing so for a prolonged amount of time (actually you might even lose weight).
Answer: Overeating simply means eating more than what the body needs for fuel, very simple and straightforward. The complication comes when you ask why. People overeat for vastly different reasons. Some people overeat just because they don't have knowledge about nutrition and portion sizes and they eat too much fast food and packaged food. You educate them, and they stop overeating. Other people overeat as an addictive behavior - this is compulsive overeating, also called "emotional eating". A compulsive overeater cannot just decide to stop. A compulsive overeater is usually very well aware of what he or she "should" be eating, but cannot do it. To stop compulsive overeating requires dealing with the underlying addictive component. This is completely different from simple overeating and very much warrants its own topic. Scanter (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning

message: Anti-depressants, especially SSRIs, some hormonal contraceptives, and probably other medications can also cause over-eating -- TyrS  chatties  06:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  other medications that can cause over-eating 

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