"If you call your overeating 'comfort eating', start to think of it as 'addictive eating'. Calling it 'comforting' focuses on the perceived benefit only, which is how you justify it. It's more honest to call it 'addictive eating'."
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Gillian Riley, "Eating Less, Say Goodbye to Overeating" (2005) at page 197
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