Food addiction treatment in addition used to have every person weigh and measure their food, even after therapy and in public venues.
The thinking was to aid the patient gain a healthier perspective of acceptable quantities of food. While there were encouraging elements of weighing and measuring in treatment, in the long run it just “fed" into their problem of restrain and perfectionism.
Lastly, when these sufferers were requested to weigh and measure in dining establishments and other public places it created indignity as well as embarrassment, pushing more of them deeper into their addiction.
