2007-03-16 08:19:18 · 11 answers · asked by Question Addict 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes both physical and psychological.
Just as people can have allergic reactions to food they can develop of a real dependency on them.
They can also develop a perceived need because they have associated the food with good feeling and comfort.
2007-03-16 08:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ernie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People can get addicted to eating when they develop a self esteem problem. Psychologically, food fills a void when a person feels down, plus sugar does give you a short high. This leads to obesity, which tends to exacerbate the situation. The addiction is not to food itself, but rather to the sens eof confort and filling that it provides. It also is connected to the maternal feeling it evokes. The moment when a person is closest to his or her mother after birth is during breast feeding.
Hope it helps :-)
2007-03-16 15:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by OM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, everyone needs food to live, so yeah we are addicted to it in that sense. But some people use food for comfort (and eat more than they should) when they get upset or feel self-conscious or get depressed.
2007-03-16 15:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetly. When one finds themselves eating for another other reason than to satisfy hunger he or she is using food to substitute for a feeling of lack. It can be an addiction the same way someone can be addiction to illcit substances.
2007-03-16 15:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Bonita Applebaum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes for people who use comfort foods when they are sad or really happy
or people who get hungry often, so they are always thinking about food
i guess if u are addicted to food, u have to use the same measures u would use to break addictions to anything else
2007-03-16 15:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by HS Sweetness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My whole family (mother, father, brother, sister) all smoke pot and this is o.k. to them. But I'm the outcast because I eat fast food and waste my money. Weird. I think its an addiction that is greatly overlooked. I want to quit but I can't. I guess we all have our vices.
2007-03-16 15:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Adam B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Food can be used when we are sad happy. Just htink when something sad happions the frist thing people do is send food. If you use it to confort yourself than it can
2007-03-16 15:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by juliannamivida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm addicted to chocolate
2007-03-16 15:37:54 · answer #8 · answered by mkandfa4rever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES I DO,,,,IM JONESING FOR A BIG MAC RIGHT NOW..OH AND THOSE SALTY FRIES. MAN I AM ADDICTED TO MICKEY D'S.
2007-03-16 15:23:35 · answer #9 · answered by maria tortilla. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definately!
2007-03-16 15:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋