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" Calling all chocolate lovers: Do you have a chocolate bar stashed in your sock drawer right now? Or maybe chocolate chips in the back corner of the fridge or Hershey&amp;#x27;s Kisses hidden in your desk? Ever wondered if your behavior is, um, normal? Read on for more. When I was growing up, my mom kept her chocolate chips at the bottom of a drawer filled with kitchen towels--I think to prevent my dad from eating them. A friend of mine&amp;#x27;s mom did the same thing, but she took it a step further--adding decoys here and there so no one would find her real stash. All in good fun, yes. (In fact, I have a really good chocolate bar in the far back corner of my kitchen cabinet. I sneak it out every so often and have a few nibbles. Ssshh, don&amp;#x27;t tell my husband or he&amp;#x27;ll eat it!). But for some people, hiding food (be it chocolate or cake) has more to do with themselves. The theory: If we don&amp;#x27;t see it, we&amp;#x27;re less likely to eat it. But some experts, it seems, don&amp;#x27;t agree with this hypothesis. Matthew Tiemeyer, an eating disorder expert for About.com says hiding food might even encourage overeating and other unhealthy eating practices: &amp;quot;It also encourages eating in secret, which reinforces the idea that eating certain foods is taboo. Eating disorders thrive on secrets. Secrets feed shame, which is a prominent feature of almost all eating disorders.&amp;quot; How about you? Do you have a secret stash of chocolate or candy somewhere in your house or office, and why? (Oh c&amp;#x27;mon, tell us where your hiding place is!) And, are you hiding things to keep others from raiding your favorite treats or hiding to prevent yourself from overeating? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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