6 eating styles that make you fat

Examine your eating habits

It's not just what you eat but how, why and where that can be vital when it comes to weight control. Read on to discover the different eating habits that could be sabotaging your diet efforts.

Ask anyone who's ever struggled with their weight and they'll tell you food itself is just part of a much more complicated problem. In a survey of more than 5,000 people, US researchers Dr Larry Scherwitz and Deborah
Kesten identified key eating behaviours that were strongly linked both to overeating and to overweight and obesity.

‘It's become normal in our culture to eat alone, to cram food in between work appointments and to snack in front of the TV, but our research linked these and other eating styles with weight gain,' says Deborah Kesten. Interestingly, the research showed that those who were overweight ate more but enjoyed it less and that overeating was most often prompted by negative feelings. The message is simple - if you can identify damaging patterns in your eating behaviour you can begin to make changes which could transform the way you feel about food and make all the difference to your weight.