Food Fetish: Our unhealthy relationship with food

Food Fetish: Our unhealthy
relationship with food
VH Taylor MD PhD FRCPC
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Woman’s College Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Mental Health Chair, Canadian Obesity Network
Learning Objectives
1. Explore some of unusual connections to food
2. Examine the role of food in today’s society
3. Review the new diet industry
It’s not such a small world after all…
Weight History
Stressful event
Post pregnancy
Diet
35
BMI
25
Diet
Weight History
An open letter to food
Letter to “Food my Friend”
Dear Friend, you are always
there, no matter what time of
day it is. When I lose my
temper, you calm me down.
When I am sad, you cheer
me up. You calm me like
some kind of fix, whilst I am
eating you. We must be very
close friend as I can’t live
without you. If you went away
now, I’d have a huge hole in
my life that I could not cope
with………
Letter to “Food my enemy”
Food! You’ve turned me into
an incapable freak. I need
you and depend on you. I
can’t survive without you. You
control all my emotions.
You’ve made me so fat I can’t
walk. My legs chafe so much
where they rub together they
bleed. I’m tired and
breathless all of the time.
You’ve made me a prisoner
of my own home……
Mr. C
Welcome to the world of food tattoo’s
Welcome to the world of food tattoo’s
Welcome to the world of food tattoo’s
Welcome to the world of food tattoo’s
Mrs. F
Feederism
An underground sexual fetish which involves one partner
(the feeder) feeding the other, both to obtain sexual
arousal and to encourage weight gain in the feedee.
Feederism can vary in nature, from a consensual act
between two people who mutually appreciate a larger
body type, to non-consensual abuse, which may
involve force-feeding and bondage and is undertaken
with the intention of fattening up the feedee to the point
of immobility and total dependence. The weight gained
can also vary from a few pounds to hundreds, whilst some
feeder relationships are not undertaken with the purpose
of weight gain at all but for the enjoyment of food in an
intimate context.
Feederism
So what is a balanced approach to this?
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The Insanity Cycle
Tape worm?
Maybe 5 Bites Diet
Get a food tattoo
Eat for my
blood type
Relapse
Food Fetish website
I need to become healthy
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