Emotional Eating:
An Energy Imbalance

Some people find themselves living at a higher than healthy weight because they have an "Energy Imbalance". Very simply put, that means they are eating more calories than they expend in activity. (There's more food going into the body than is being burned up as fuel.) Therefore the body stores the excess calories as fat. So, people with an energy imbalance gain weight or maintain a weight higher than they would prefer.

EMOTIONAL EATING CONTINUUM

If it's just an Energy Imbalance, if there really are no emotional or biochemical factors driving a person to overeat (like stress, anger, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, etc), some experts would suggest the following… Learn more about healthy eating, reduce the calories and fat eaten each day…and exercise more. (If only it could be that simple for those of us who have been struggling forever!)

Next on the continuum, Emotional / Disordered Eating