何为强迫型过度饮食症?

Compulsive overeating is a health problem, which can affect women or men, though it appears twice as often among women.

强迫型过度饮食是一个事关健康的问题，男性和女性都有可能患上，但女性患上几率比男性多两倍。

In this serious eating disorder, a person eats a lot of food in a short amount of time. This is called bingeing. Compulsive overeaters often binge. This can lead to serious medical problems, including obesity.

在严重的饮食失调下，患者进食多，速度快，即暴食暴饮。强迫型过度饮食者通常暴食暴饮，这样就会引发严重的健康问题，比如肥胖。

Obesity is related to serious medical problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, trouble breathing and sleep problems.

肥胖会导致很多严重的健康问题，比如心脏病，高血压，糖尿病，呼吸障碍与睡眠问题。

No one knows the exact cause of compulsive overeating. Many compulsive overeaters use food for comfort. Others binge to deal with stress.

没人知道导致强迫型过度饮食症的确切原因。很多患者只是用食物聊以慰藉，另一些人暴饮暴食是为了缓解压力。

Eating makes them feel better, but only for a short time. Usually compulsive overeaters feel guilty for eating so much, which makes them feel bad about themselves.

吃东西能让他们短时间感觉好些。通常，他们暴食暴饮后都会有负罪感，对自己感到非常失望。

This leads to more stress, which leads to more overeating, and so on. It becomes a pattern that is hard to stop.

这样会导致更大的压力，随后会更加暴饮暴食，这样就成了很难改变的死循环。

Overeaters often feel their eating is out of control. Compulsive overeaters also feel they are not in control of their emotions. They have trouble dealing with feelings like anger, sadness, loneliness, guilt, and shame.

过度饮食者经常觉得在饮食上很难自控，在情绪上也是如此。他们在处理自己类似愤怒，伤心，孤独，负罪感和耻辱等情绪问题上有困难。

There are many warning signs which indicate that someone may be suffering from compulsive overeating disorder.

如果出现下列这些危险信号，就有可能患上强迫型过度饮食症。

They include: eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; eating much more rapidly than normal; eating until the point of feeling uncomfortably full;

这些信号包括: 在并不感觉饿的情况下大量进食; 进食速度比正常速度要快很多; 不停进食，直到撑得难受;

often eating alone because of shame or embarrassment; suffering feelings of depression, disgust, or guilt after eating; with a history of marked weight fluctuations.

经常因害羞或者尴尬而独自吃饭; 在暴食暴饮后常有沮丧，厌恶和负罪感; 有体重激增的历史。