 In an attempt to ameliorate these distressful feelings an individual may engage in emotional eating in which food serves as a source of comfort.The loneliness of social isolation and the inherent stressors thus associated have been implicated as triggering factors in binge eating as well.Waller, Kennerley and Ohanian (2007) argued that both bingeing–vomiting and restriction are emotion suppression strategies, but they are just utilized at different times.