compulsive eater
Cannot stop eating
A compulsive eater is someone who eats beyond physical hunger, driven by psychological urges rather than appetite.
The behavior often involves eating rapidly, eating in secret, or continuing long past fullness.
Compulsive eating may be a response to stress, boredom, or emotional distress: She described herself as a compulsive eater who turned to food whenever she felt anxious.
- bingeBout of excess
- binge eatingExcessive uncontrolled food intake
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- eating disorderMental illness affecting nutrition
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
cravings · guilt · shame · secret · hiding food · comfort food · comfort eating · stress · midnight · fridge · clean plate · stuffed · control · hunger · fullness · empty calories · purge · diet
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
- pleasure seekershedonist, hedonists, pleasure seeker, pleasure seekers, pleasure-seeker
compulsive eateranorexic
Having an eating disorder
undereater · picky eater · ascetic · grazer · faster
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