For many people, food serves as a means to comfort themselves when they feel worried, anxious, bored, or depressed. The desire to eat without being really hungry has led to the emergence of the emotional eating disorder. In spite of the widespread occurrence of this problem, the majority of people still do not recognize the extent to which their emotions can influence eating habits. Being treated as something harmless, emotional eating can develop into a more serious disorder that is hard to control. Therefore, it is necessary to understand roots of this problem, connection between emotional eating and depression, and possible ways to overcome this disorder.The Concept of Emotional EatingEmotional eating can be defined as a serious...