Eating disorders are like a gun that’s formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.
--Aimee Liu
We clean our plates, yet we’re still famished—starving for something other than food.
--Kate Wicker
The food you choose to eat or not eat does not make you good or bad."
---Unknown
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.
--Elsa Schiaparelli
Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
--Susan Cheever
All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.
---Jeffrey Kluger
It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.
---Ken Hensley
A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.
---Matthew Perry
“Addiction is a term that's used a lot these days. People claim to be addicted to everything from romance novels to cars. They feel guilty when they enjoy something just a little too much. When it comes to food addiction, the misunderstanding is epidemic...
Until now, scientists and clinicians alike have been reluctant to acknowledge that food addiction even exists. Yes, abnormal eating behaviours have been identified throughout history, but there has long been a resistance to labelling it an addiction.”
---Vera Tarman, Food Junkies: The Truth about Food Addiction
9 PHOTOS MLA WORKS CITED
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9 QUOTES MLA WORKS CITED
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