Consequences Of Food Addiction

The addiction to a type of substance is the excessively use or intake of that particular substance by an individual. Though not many would bother to learn about addiction but addiction is a commonly daily issue for many individuals. Food, for instance, has been an addiction for many years, however, no one has clearly identify the consequences or dangers surrounding the issue of food addiction. Nevertheless, food addiction can create health issues that can affect the body. There are many consequences that comes from food addiction that some or many may not be aware of in their daily life. Food addiction, as a matter to all people, has dangerous and harmful health issues that can affect an individual’s body. The addiction to food can lead to many health issues, such as an eating disorder. Individuals who become food addicts would face the consequence of acquiring an eating disorder which is the portrayal of an unusual behavior or habit that occurs when someone is eating, for instance, consuming too much food in a specific amount of time. The food that is over consumed can cause a disorder like binge eating disorder and would change the habits of an individual, such as the control of overconsumption and the continuation of overconsumption even with the effects (Gearhardt). It explains …show more content…
When an individual overconsumes food, the person may express emotions such as loneliness and self-consciousness. The emotions express can make a person rely on a consumable substance which can make them intake or use it too much that it inflicts harm to the body. Becoming addicted to food can cause harm to a person’s life as the emotions that are expressed from overconsuming food can easily affect their daily life. Such experience is normally shown in the life of a teen who loves food but chooses to ignore the consequences that comes along with the