Pathologies in eating disorders and emotions

Abstract

Feeding is considered a physiological process, basic and necessary for the survival of the human being. The various factors that are involved with eating behavior allow us to establish that it has lost the particular way of presenting itself, which is through physiological hunger that generally occurs in three times (morning, afternoon and night), but there are factors such as that can cause alterations in it, so it is relevant to differentiate between eating out of need to eat, out of desire or out of emotion. Therefore, various authors have focused on the study of the causes and consequences of eating emotionally, mainly due to the problems that are generated in physical and mental health. Taking into account that eating disorders are also related to chronic and progressive illnesses, of a psychosomatic nature, in addition to those that are directly related to some pathologies. In order to observe the existing relationship and the theoretical information, a review of scientific publications was carried out during the 2019-2020 year, highlighting some of the factors related to eating behavior and emotions.