“Overeating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up your food and put it into your mouth.” The simple definition for overeating is to eat more than is needed or more than is healthy: to eat too much. Overeating is definitely a huge issue for many people around the world especially in the U.S. In the United States about 3-5% of women (about 5 million) and 2% of men (3 million) are affected by binge eating. Some of the main causes of overeating is eating for pleasure, genes and depression. One of the biggest reasons behind binge eating is simply doing it for pleasure. There is a substance in the brain called dopamine, which is tied to the pleasurable feelings from food. When you eat high-calorie and fatty foods a pleasure signal
