Caitlin Moran's personal essay "I Know Why the Fat Lady Sings," calls compulsive overeating "the most pointlessly secret of miseries" for women. Her words continue to make the Facebook, Twitter, and ...

The U.S. is in the middle of an increasing obesity epidemic (Temple, 2022) and compulsive, unhealthy overeating is arguably one of the most overlooked, complex, and challenging behaviors driving it.

We’ve all been there. We grab an extra slice of pizza even though we’re full or reach for a snack when bored, tired, stressed — basically anything but hungry. Occasionally overeating is nothing to ...