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What are the health effects compulsive overeating?
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Potential obesity plus: Compulsive overeating often leads over time to excessive weight gain, fatigue, joint problems, hypertension, headaches, and diabetes, among other complications. I recommend meditation, foods with a low glycemic index, walking in the sunshine, and overeaters anonymous. http://www.oa.org.
Answered 12/3/2014
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