Even now, Mary Lou Volbert, 65, can't get food off her mind. Knowing she can't eat with abandon, not as she did when she weighed 420 pounds, she transfers her obsession into recording every carbohydrate she consumes from food. Her tallies in a lined notebook are meticulous: ...more

August 17, 2008

The mother accused her daughter of committing the sin of gluttony, and so put the chubby girl on a strict diet. ...more

August 16, 2008

Dear Abby: I'm a 30-year-old woman who has battled compulsive eating and binge eating since my teens. (Yes, I still have a weight problem.) I see a counselor and am trying to find solutions that work for me. ...more

August 3, 2008

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Members of Overeaters Anonymous will talk about recovering from compulsive eating from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at St. Catherine's Episcopal Church, 502 Druid Hills Road, Temple Terrace. For information, call Grace at (727) 487-3207 or Janet at (813) 886-6286 or visit www.oa.org. ...more

January 31, 2008