There are many problems that can be caused by food. Some people struggle sometimes with eating too little or too much. As Mary Turk explains in her book Food and Emotions she explains how food can correlate with a person's emotional state and health. She also states, "Compultive overeating sometimes is a substitute for love and friendship" (42). Therefore meaning that food can either be a sustitute for an emotion or even a mockery, like in anorexia and bulimia. She also talks about how these disorders may be caused by emotinal roots to begin with.
I thought this chapter in Mary Turk's novel was very informative. I felt as though she was trying to get a point across that an eating disorder is more than just a person wanting to lose weight or gain weight, but it's also about the emotional attachment between the food and the individual. I felt like this was a good way to get her views across and it was a really interesting chapter.

Turk, Mary. Food and Emotions. Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2001. 42-49. Print.