Obesity and Compulsive Overeating: Neuroendocrine Drivers, Health Risks, and Evidence-Based Interventions
Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease characterized by excessive adiposity that impairs health. Compulsive overeating—often conceptualized within binge-eating and related eating-disorder spectra—can be one behavioral component that drives positive energy balance. Together, these processes create a reinforcing cycle: increased intake promotes weight gain; physiological adaptation and stress-related reward signaling further bias appetite toward high-calorie foods;… Read More »