Worldwide, more than a billion people are overweight and more than eight million people suffer from eating disorders (Adriaanse, Ridder, Evers 1; Most people are not extremely fit. Everyone has issues with food, to some extent. For most people, the problems are under control, but this is not the case for everyone. Unhealthy relationships with food can have serious consequences. Unhealthy eating habits can contribute to these consequences. A common unhealthy mannerism that many people don't realize is the tendency to eat emotionally. If you don't know what emotional eating is, Adriaanse, Ridder, and Evers define it as "the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions such as anxiety or irritability" (1). The reason many people can't tell that they are emotional eaters is that when they are upset, they cannot distinguish their emotions from their hunger, and once they are calm, they cannot remember how they felt when they were upset. for this reason, it is difficult to relate emotional eating to food consumption (Adriaanse, Ridder, Evers 1-2). Most of the evidence regarding this dietary habit is not only sparse, but also subjective. When people are asked if they eat emotionally, some people may respond that they eat emotionally often, but they may eat emotionally less than someone who says they rarely do (Adriaanse, Ridder, Evers 14.) The research on this is so subjective that it's difficult to answer. a group of emotional eaters. If someone has a problem with emotional eating, probably the best thing for them is to learn to recognize the difference between hunger and emotion. Once they can tell the difference between the two, they will have a better chance of keeping the habit under control. Although emotional eating is a bad habit, there are pieces of paper......the best heirs to leading a healthy life. Works CitedFarrow, Claire V. and Claire L. Fox. “Gender differences in the relationships between school bullying and poor diet and fitness-related attitudes and behaviors.” British Journal of Educational Psychology 81.3 (2011): 409-420. ERIC. Internet. April 14, 2014.Adriaanse, Marieke A., Denise TD de Ridder and Catharine Evers. “Emotional Eating: Eating When You're Emotional or Emotional About Eating? Psychology and Health 26.1 (2011): 23-39. Complete Consumer Health - EBSCOhost. Internet. April 14, 2014. Smith, Erica. Anorexia nervosa: when food is the enemy. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1999. Print.Claude-Pierre, Peggy. The secret language of eating disorders. New York: Random House, 1997. Print. Gulati, Richa. “Sweet Nothings: Sugar Addiction”. Teen Vogue. Teen Vogue, January 2, 2014. web. April 16 2014. .