Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole M.S. R.D

Author:Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

THE CONTINUUM OF EMOTIONAL EATING

Food can be used to cope with feelings in myriad ways. Using food in this way is not a component of biological hunger, but of emotional hunger. Emotional eating is triggered by feelings, such as boredom or anger, not by biological hunger. These feelings can trigger anything from a benign nibble to an out-of-control binge.

It’s important to understand that this coping mechanism lies on a continuum of intensity that begins at one end with mild, almost universal sensory eating to the opposite end with numbing, often anesthetizing eating. The following diagram illustrates this spectrum:

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