Emotional Eating Quiz
Includes questions helping to determine whether you or someone you love is involved in emotional eating.
Are You an Emotional Eater? Take the Quiz
Find out whether your emotions affect your eating patterns. It may be to your advantage to talk to someone about your eating.
Find out whether your emotions affect your eating patterns. It may be to your advantage to talk to someone about your eating.
Eating When Not Hungry
When a person eats when not hungry, there are often deeper issues at play. Eating is soothing, and when a person is hungry, it soothes hunger. Eating when not hungry implies that the eating is soothing something else.
When a person eats when not hungry, there are often deeper issues at play. Eating is soothing, and when a person is hungry, it soothes hunger. Eating when not hungry implies that the eating is soothing something else.
The Trouble With Eating When Sad, Angry, Lonely, or Anxious
Turning to eating when sad, anxious, or angry provides a quick hit of pleasure, but it does little to deal with the core emotional issues.
Turning to eating when sad, anxious, or angry provides a quick hit of pleasure, but it does little to deal with the core emotional issues.
Emotional Causes of Binge Eating
Binge eating, most simply, is eating a lot of food in a short period of time. When binge eating causes are emotions, binge eating falls into the category of emotional eating.
Binge eating, most simply, is eating a lot of food in a short period of time. When binge eating causes are emotions, binge eating falls into the category of emotional eating.
Eating in Secret
If you find yourself eating in secret, you may be participating in emotional eating. Eating in secret implies that nourishment is not your goal when you eat.
If you find yourself eating in secret, you may be participating in emotional eating. Eating in secret implies that nourishment is not your goal when you eat.
How Stress Leads to Emotional Eating
If food becomes more attractive as stress levels rise, you may be experiencing a type of emotional eating.
If food becomes more attractive as stress levels rise, you may be experiencing a type of emotional eating.
When You'd Rather Be Engaged in Emotional Eating
What happens when eating isn't an option to help soothe negative emotions? It may be an opportunity to learn something very valuable.
What happens when eating isn't an option to help soothe negative emotions? It may be an opportunity to learn something very valuable.
When Emotions Lead to Eating That Is Out of Control
When emotions rise, it can lead to eating that is out of control. If an emotional problem is fueling eating, and , rather than dealing with the core emotional problem.
When emotions rise, it can lead to eating that is out of control. If an emotional problem is fueling eating, and , rather than dealing with the core emotional problem.