Eating disorders are a range of mental health problems that involve preoccupations with food, weight, and appearance to the degree that a person’s health, relationships and daily activities are adversely affected.

Compulsive Overeating - Characterized as an "addiction" to food. A person uses food and eating to deal with emotions, fill a void they feel inside, and to cope with daily stresses and problems. People with this problem tend to be overweight, are usually aware that their eating habits are abnormal, but find little comfort because of society’s tendency to stereotype the overweight individual as being weak and lacking self-control.