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Bresler (1988) reports that most overweight/obese individuals seeking the services of professional health care workers for the purpose of remediating conditions of overweight and obesity are females who fall into one of three groups:

(1) women whose body size is relatively normal but who desire to become very thin; (2) women who are overweight by cultural standards but not by health standards; and (3) women who are dangerously overweight, and who have been identified as an imminent health risk.

Overeating, overweight, and obesity are believed to have a psychological component despite the fact that the conditions are not formally classified in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Mitchell, Pyle, Hatsukami & Eckert, 1986).

Hooker and Convisser (1983) have reported that in many cases of eating disorder, the predominate psychological component is obsessive-compulsive disorder in which individuals feel driven to eat. Somehow food issues eclipse, overpower, and overshadow other issues in their lives.

For such individuals, there can be a preoccupation with thoughts and fantasies about food. The authors also repor

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