Introduction to overeating Overeating is a case of consuming calories more than required by the body on a particular day or even a single meal. These extra calories will not be converted into energy by your body more calories than your body uses for energy. People sometimes overeat, depending on the age, sex, height, and physical activity only a fixed amount of calories is required anything more than that is extra and is overeating. You might be overeating just because you love food, or you have been a victim of stress and depression and started to overeat. Are you overeating? To find out you first need to know the calorie requirement of your body as explained above calorie requirement varies with age, sex, physical activity, and health condition. For example, a person who has a very active lifestyle will need more calories compared to a person whose life is sedentary. Thereafter, you can breakdown your food habits and item consumed into calories and compare for a period of