0_Apprentice
Do you have a bad habit of overeating? I do on occasion.
1_Wizard
Yeah sometimes I have a habit of overeating which I assume it should be an eating disorder. What's your idea?
0_Apprentice
I tend to eat a lot whenever I am stressed out, or when I am at a buffet or a place that serves a lot of food. I try to eat slowly to help with that.
1_Wizard
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a severe, life-threatening, and treatable eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort).
0_Apprentice
Maybe I have that. There are times I probably eat 8000 calories at once!
1_Wizard
As a chemist I believe if food addiction. Many individuals, food can become as addictive as drugs are to a substance abuser.
0_Apprentice
That's true. It gives you the same pleasurable feelings as drugs or addictive behaviors like making love and gambling do.
1_Wizard
Yale Food Addiction Scale is interesting. It is the first measure designed specifically to assess signs of addictive-like eating behavior. 
0_Apprentice
How can I find out if I am addicted to food?
1_Wizard
If you google Yale Food Addiction Scale then you can follow the test and figure it out.