Habit of hiding food items from family members

hello none in my family has this habit, but i know about grand daughter of my friend, she hides some of her favorite food, i don't consider this as a bad habit any way thanks for this discussion bhuwan

does your cousin consumed a lot of food or eats a lot besides of hiding the her fave food items? It could be a habit but it could also be an eating disorder especially if she consumes or eat a lot uncontrollably. There is this disorder they called binge eating disorder defined as a compulsive overeating in which a person consumed large amounts of food while feeling out of control to stop. A person after eating feels guilty and sometimes depressed, and they tried to make up from binge eating through vomiting, over exercise, or fasting. I scanned through my note and here's what I find. If many are YES of her answer below, the more like that you a person has a binge eating disorder. 1. Do you think of food all the time? 2.Do you feel out of control when you're eating? 3. do YOU EAT IN SECRET? 4.do you eat until you feel sick? 5. do you eat to escape from worries or to comfort yourself or relieve stress? 6. do you feel bad or disgusted after binge eating? 7. Do you feel powerless to stop eating even if you want to? I just thought, this might be used to determine if the cousin you are talking abt is just experiencing a habit or a disorder. But if I'm wrong about my speculation then, I hope everyone who reads this can learn something and be aware. ^^