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People with eating disorders feel a strong urge to keep eating, eventhough they're full. They just keep eating!! Other signes include feeling guilty, over weight, and depression. They don't feel good about themselves after eating a huge amount of food, and they end up having problems with their families, friends!
The signs and symptoms of over-eating disorder are:
1.Binge eating or uncontrollably even when not physically hungry.
2.Eating much more rapidly than normal.
3.Eating alone due to shame and embarrassment.
4.Feeling of guilt due to overeating.
5.Preoccupation with body weight.
6.Depression or mood swings.
7.Awareness that eating pattern is abnormal.
8.History of weight fluctuations.
9.Withdrawal from activities because of embarrassment about body weight.
10.History of many unsuccessful diets.
11.Eating little in public but maintaining high body weight.
12.Holding the belief that life will be better if they can lose weight.
13.Hiding food in strange places. (closet, cabinet, suitcase, under the bed)
14.Vague or secretive eating pattern.
15. Self-defeating statements after food consumption.
16.Holding the belief that food is only their friend.
17.Weight gain.
18.Fatigue
