The psychological changes that were brought on by dieting, even among these robust men with only moderate calorie restrictions, were the most profound and unexpected. So much so that Dr. Keys called it “semistarvation neurosis.” The men became nervous, anxious, apathetic, withdrawn, impatient, self-critical with distorted body images and even feeling overweight, moody, emotional and depressed. A few even mutilated themselves, one chopping off three fingers in stress. They lost their ambition and feelings of adequacy, and their cultural and academic interests narrowed.

// Sandy Szwarc, How we’ve come to believe that overeating causes obesity

nu, pēc šī jau nav nekāds brīnums, ka cilvēki iedzīvojas visādās eating disorders - sāc ierobežot ēšanu un jūties tikai sliktāk, ha.