Our Strained Relationship with Food

Food is hard, man. And most of us have some strain with it — eating too much, too little, over-thinking it, under-thinking it, or just not knowing what we’re supposed to eat… food is hard.

Because we can have a strained relationship at any size…

• Overweight individuals can have an unhealthy relationship with food.
• Underweight individuals can have an unhealthy relationship with food.
• Healthy weight individuals can have an unhealthy relationship with food.
• And even health-nut gym-rats in perfect shape can have an unhealthy relationship with food.

In many cases, an unhealthy relationship with food comes down to a preoccupation with it, good or bad… though this isn’t always the case — individuals who “never think about food,” are “bored” by food, or rarely get hungry also have an unhealthy relationship with it (especially if they become underweight.)

So for this article, “weight” is of secondary, not primary, importance.