What is Compulsive Overeating? This ploy is used mostly by obese people to lose weight in quick time. This is a psychological condition due to many reasons that leads to undesired weight gain. Compulsive overeating is characterized by uncontrollable eating and consequent weight gain.

• Compulsive overeaters use food as a way to cope with stress, emotional conflicts and daily problems.
  
• Compulsive overeating usually starts in early childhood when eating patterns are formed.
  
• The more weight that is gained, the harder they try to diet and dieting is usually what leads to the next binge, which can be followed by feelings of powerlessness, guilt, shame and failure.
  
• Dieting and bingeing can go on forever if the emotional reasons for the bingeing are not dealt with.