Do bad nutrition habits like overeating or binge eating lead to
smoking pot? Some health experts think they might, according to
a study published Monday. Habits like overeating have always
been known to affect our health, nutritionists say. In some
cases, people say they lose control and just can't stop. Now
scientists are finding that both habits and that feeling of
lacking control may lead to other health issues. Researchers at
Boston Children's Hospital studied a group of 16,882 boys and
girls between the ages of 9 and 15 who participated in the
Growing Up Today Study, beginning in 1996. From that time to
2005, investigators sent out questionnaires every 12 to 24
months, asking if these children were overeating or binge
eating. Binge eating was defined as eating an amount of food
that is larger than most people would eat in the same time span
under similar circumstances and feeling a lack of control over
eating during that time. Overeating did not have to be connected
to loss of control. By looking at the