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Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile yisimo sengqondo esibuhlungu lapho uhlala udlela ukudla okuningi kakhulu ngesikhathi esifushane, uzizwa ungenakho ukulawula. Ngokungafani nezinye izimo zokudla, ayikho indlela yokubuyisela njengokuhlanza noma ukuzivocavoca okukhulu ngemuva kwalokho.
Lesi simo sihlupha izigidi zabantu futhi empeleni yisimo esivamile sokuhlupheka kokudla e-United States. Akukhona ngokuntula amandla noma ukuba “buthakathaka” ngokudla. Ubuchopho bakho nomzimba wakho kuphendula izici eziyinkimbinkimbi ezenza lezi zenzakalo zizizwe zingakwazi ukuyeka uma seziqalile.
Isimpawu esiyinhloko ukuba nezimo ezivamile lapho udlela ukudla okuningi kakhulu kunabantu abaningi ezimweni ezifanayo, ngokuvamile phakathi nesikhathi sehora ezimbili. Phakathi nalezi zimo, uzizwa sengathi awukwazi ukuyeka ukudla noma ukulawula ukuthi yini noma yingakanani okudlayo.
Lezi zimo azikona nje ukudla okuningi ngezikhathi ezithile okubonwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Kwenzeka okungenani kanye ngesonto izinyanga ezintathu noma ngaphezulu, futhi kubangela ukukhathazeka okukhulu ekuphileni kwakho kwansuku zonke.
Phakathi nesikhathi sokutholakala kokudla okuningi, ungase uqaphele izindlela ezithile ezenzeka ndawonye:
Abantu abaningi nabo baye baba nezimpawu zokuzizwa phakathi kwezimo. Ungase uzizwe uhluphekile ngezindlela zakho zokudla, ukhathazeke njalo ngesisindo sakho noma isakhiwo somzimba wakho, noma ugweme izimo zomphakathi ezihilela ukudla.
Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kuvela ngokuhlanganiswa kwezici zezinto eziphilayo, ezingokwengqondo, nezimo ezingqongile ezisebenza ndawonye. Ayikho imbangela eyodwa, futhi ngokuqinisekile akuyona into oyiletha kuwe ngokukhetha okubi noma ukungabi namandla okuzilawula.
Ikhemikhali yengqondo yakho idlala indima ebalulekile kulesi simo. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi abantu abane-binge eating disorder bavame ukuba nokuhlukahlukana kokuthi ubuchopho babo buqonda kanjani izibonakaliso zokuvuza nokulawula ukulangazelela. Abathumeli bezinhlungu njenge-serotonin ne-dopamine, ezisiza ekulawuleni isimo sengqondo nezindlela zokudla, zingase zingasebenzi kahle.
I-genetics nayo ihlanganyela engozini yakho. Uma unezihlobo ezine-eating disorders, ukucindezeleka, noma izinkinga zokusebenzisa izidakamizwa, cishe uzophulaphula ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile. Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi kunezici eziwusizo ezenza abanye abantu babe sengozini enkulu.
Izici ezingokwengqondo ngokuvamile zisebenza njengezici zokuthi lesi simo sithuthuke:
Amagagasi asezingeni lomphakathi nezokuxhumana ngomfanekiso womzimba nesisindo nawo angase ahlanganyele. Ukuphila emphakathini oqhuba ikilasi lokudla nemigomo engavamile yomzimba kungadala isimo esifanele sokuthi izindlela zokudla ezingalungile zivele.
Kufanele uthinte umhlinzeki wezempilo uma unezimo ezivamile zokudla ukudla okuningi ngenkathi uzizwa ungalawuleki, ikakhulukazi uma lokhu kwenzeka masonto onke noma ngokuvamile. Ukungenelela kwasekuqaleni kungenza umehluko omkhulu ekuhambeni kwakho kokubuyiselwa.
Ungalindi kuze kube yilapho inkinga izizwa ikhulu noma ingalawuleki. Abantu abaningi bayeka ukufuna usizo ngoba bazizwa behluphekile noma becabanga ukuthi kufanele bakwazi ukuyilawula bodwa, kodwa lesi yisimo sezokwelapha esiphendula kahle ekwelapheni kwabasebenzi.
Funa ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi izimpawu zezexwayiso:
Khumbula ukuthi ukucela usizo kuyisibonakaliso samandla, hhayi ubuthakathaka. Abahlinzeki bezempilo bayeqeqeshwe ukusingatha lezi zimo ngobubele nangaphandle kokwahlulela.
Izici eziningi zingandisa amathuba akho okutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile, yize ukuba nezici zengozi akusho ukuthi uzophulaphula ngokuqinisekile lesi simo. Ukuqonda lokhu kungakusiza uqaphele lapho ungase ube sengozini enkulu.
Ubudala nobulili kudlala indima ebalulekile engozini. Lesi simo ngokuvamile sithuthuka ekupheleni kweminyaka yobusha noma ekuqaleni kweminyaka engama-20, yize kungase kwenzeke kunoma yiliphi iminyaka. Abesifazane banamathuba amancane okuba nethonya kunabesilisa, kodwa lesi simo senzeka kuwo wonke umuntu.
Umlando wakho siqu nomlando womndeni wakho uthinta kakhulu izinga lakho lengozi:
Ezinye izipili zokuphila nezici ezingqongile zingase futhi zikhulise ubuthakathaka. Abantu abahlanganyela emisebenzini egcizelela isisindo noma ukubonakala, ababhekana nezinguquko ezinkulu zokuphila, noma abavela emindenini enezibopho eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokudla bangase babe sengozini enkulu.
Ukuba nezici zengozi akusho ukuthi uqondisiwe ukuthuthukisa lesi simo. Abantu abaningi abanezici eziningi zengozi abazange babe ne-binge eating disorder, kanti abanye abanezici ezincane ezibonakalayo baye bathuthukisa.
Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kungabangela izinhlanganisela zokomzimba nezingokwengqondo ezithinta impilo yakho yonke kanye nokuphila kwakho okuhle. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi izinhlanganisela eziningi zalezi zingathuthuka kakhulu ngokwelashwa okuqondile.
Izinhlanganisela zokomzimba ngokuvamile zithuthuka kancane kancane futhi zingase zingabonakali ngokushesha. Ukuhlupheka komzimba wakho kuvela emjikelezweni ovamile wokudla ukudla okuningi, okungase kuthinte izinhlelo eziningi zomzimba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Izinhlanganisela zokomzimba ezivamile zihlanganisa:
Izinhlanganisela ezingokwengqondo nezokuxhumana zingase zibe nzima njengezokomzimba. Abantu abaningi baye baba nokuhlukaniswa okukhulu, ukucindezeleka, nokukhathazeka njengoba lesi simo siqhubeka. Ukusebenza komsebenzi, ubuhlobo, kanye nelokuphila lonke ngokuvamile kuhlupheka.
Izinhlanganisela ezingavamile kodwa ezibuhlungu zingase zenzeke, ikakhulukazi uma lesi simo singalashwa isikhathi eside. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise izinkinga ezinkulu ze-metabolic, izimo eziphuthumayo ze-cardiovascular, noma izimo zempilo yengqondo ezidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Ukunquma ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kuhilela ukulinganiswa okuphelele ngumsebenzi wezempilo, ngokuvamile udokotela, uchwepheshe wezengqondo, noma uchwepheshe we-eating disorder. Ayikho i-test eyodwa engakwazi ukunquma lesi simo, ngakho umhlinzeki wakho uzobuthela ulwazi ngokuxoxisana nokulinganisa.
Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzokubuza imibuzo eminingiliziwe ngezindlela zakho zokudla, kuhlanganise nokuthi izimo zokudla okuningi zenzeka kangakanani, yini ezibangela, nokuthi zikwenza uzizwe kanjani. Bazofuna ukuqonda ubukhulu nesikhathi salezi zimo ukuze baqonde ukuthi zihlangabezana yini nezindinganiso zokunquma.
Ukunquma okufanele kuhlangabezana nezindinganiso ezithile ezichazwe emihlahlandleleni yezokwelapha:
Umhlinzeki wakho uzophinde enze ukuhlolwa komzimba futhi angase ayalele ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukuze ahlole izinhlanganisela noma ukuphika ezinye izimo zezokwelapha. Bazohlola umlando wakho wempilo yengqondo futhi bahlole ezinye izimo ezivame ukwenzeka kanye nokutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile.
Inqubo yokunquma iyilona elihlanganyela futhi ayinamahlulelo. Umgomo womhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ukuqonda isipiliyoni sakho ngokugcwele ukuze bakwazi ukuncoma indlela yokwelapha ephumelela kakhulu esimweni sakho esithile.
Ukwelashwa kokutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kuphumelela kakhulu, futhi abantu abaningi babona ukuthuthuka okukhulu ngendlela efanele. Izinhlelo zokwelapha ezinhle kakhulu ngokuvamile zihlanganisa ukwelashwa kwengqondo, ukwelulekwa kokudla, futhi ngezinye izikhathi imithi ukuze kulungiswe zonke izici zalesi simo.
Ukwelashwa kwengqondo kuyisisekelo sokwelashwa kwabantu abaningi. I-cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) iphumelela kakhulu, ikusiza ukuthi uqonde izici zezimo zokudla okuningi futhi uthuthukise izindlela zokubhekana nezimo ezinempilo. Lokhu kwelashwa kukufundisa amakhono asebenzayo okulawula imizwa enzima ngaphandle kokuguqukela ekudleni.
Izinhlobo eziningi zokwelashwa zibonise imiphumela emihle:
Ukwelulekwa kokudla ngochwepheshe wokudla obhalisiwe kukusiza ukuthuthukisa ubuhlobo obufanele ngokudla. Uzofunda ngezindlela zokudla ezingalinganisekile, ukuthi ungaziqonda kanjani izibonakaliso zokulangazelela nokuhlala ugcwele, kanye nezindlela zokuhlela ukudla ezunciphisa amathuba ezimo zokudla okuningi.
Imithi ingase ibe usizo kwabanye abantu, ikakhulukazi labo abane-depression noma ukukhathazeka. Ezinye izidakamizwa zokulwa nokucindezeleka zibonisiwe ukuthi zunciphisa ubukhulu bezimo zokudla okuningi futhi zithuthukise isimo sengqondo. Udokotela wakho uzoxoxa ukuthi imithi ingase ibe usizo esimweni sakho esithile.
Ukwelashwa kuyahlukahluka kakhulu, futhi lokho okusebenza kahle kuwe kungase kuhluke kulokho okusiza omunye umuntu. Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizohlangana nawe ukuze lilungise uhlelo lokwelapha ngokususelwa ekukhuleni kwakho nezidingo ezihlala zishintsha.
Ngenkathi ukwelashwa kwabasebenzi kubalulekile, kunezindlela ezisekelayo ongazisebenzisa ekhaya ukuze ugcine uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha olusemthethweni. Lezi zindlela zingakusiza uzizwe ulawula kakhulu futhi unciphise ubukhulu bezimo zokudla okuningi.
Ukudala isimiso ngokudla nokudla okuncane kuyinye yezindlela ezisiza kakhulu zasekhaya. Izindlela zokudla ezivamile zisiza ekuqinisiseni iswekile legazi lakho futhi unciphise ukulangazelela okukhulu okungabangela izimo zokudla okuningi. Zama ukudla ukudla okulinganisekile ngezikhathi ezifanayo, ngisho noma ungalambi.
Ukuthuthukisa izindlela zokubhekana nezimo ezinzima kunganciphisa ukuthembela kwakho ekudleni ukuze ududuzeke:
Ukulawula indawo yakho kungase futhi kwenze umehluko. Susa ukudla okuvame ukubangela izimo zokudla okuningi ezindaweni ezilula ukufinyelela kuzo, gcwalisa ikhishi lakho ngokudla okulinganisekile, futhi udale izindawo ekhaya lakho ezinokuthula futhi ezisekelayo.
Khumbula ukuthi ukubuyiselwa akuyona into eqondile, futhi ukuba nezinkinga akusho ukuthi uhluleka. Yiba nomoya omuhle futhi ube nomusa kuwe njengoba ufunda izindlela ezintsha zokuphatha ukudla nokulawula imizwa.
Ukulungiselela i-aphoyintimenti yakho kungakusiza uthole okuningi ngesikhathi sakho nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi awukhohlwa ulwazi olubalulekile. Ukufika ulungile kubonisa ukuzimisela kwakho kokuthuthuka futhi kusiza udokotela wakho ukuqonda isimo sakho ngokugcwele.
Ngaphambi kwe-aphoyintimenti yakho, chitha isikhathi uqapha izindlela zakho zokudla kanye nezimpawu zakho zokuzizwa. Awudingi ukwenza lokhu ngokuphelele, kodwa ukuba nezinye izibonelo ezicacile kuzosiza udokotela wakho ukuqonda ukuthi yini oyiphethayo nokuthi kwenzeka kangakanani.
Buthana ulwazi olubalulekile ukuze ulethe nawe:
Cabanga ngemigomo yakho yokwelashwa nokuthi yini onethemba lokuyifeza. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukunciphisa izimo zokudla okuningi, ukuthuthukisa ubuhlobo bakho ngokudla, ukulawula izimo zempilo yengqondo ezihambisana, noma ukulungisa izinkinga zempilo yomzimba.
Cabanga ngokuletha umngane noma ilungu lomndeni othembekile kwi-aphoyintimenti uma lokho kungakwenza uzizwe ukhululekile. Bangakwazi ukukunikeza ukwesekwa nokukusiza ukukhumbula ulwazi olubalulekile oluxoxwe ngalo ngesikhathi sokuvakasha.
Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kuyisimo esibuhlungu sempilo yengqondo esingelashwa esithinta izigidi zabantu. Akukhona ngamandla noma ukwehluleka kokuziphatha, kodwa kunalokho ukusebenzisana okuyinkimbinkimbi kwezici zezinto eziphilayo, ezingokwengqondo, nezimo ezingqongile ezidinga ukwelashwa kwabasebenzi.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukubuyiselwa kungenzeka ngokuphelele ngokwesekwa nokwelashwa okufanele. Abantu abaningi abamukela ukunakekelwa okufanele babona ukuthuthuka okukhulu ezimpawu zabo nasempilweni yabo. Ukwelashwa ngokuvamile kuhilela ukuhlanganiswa kokwelashwa, ukwelulekwa kokudla, futhi ngezinye izikhathi imithi.
Ungavumeli ihlazo noma isihlazo sikuvimbe ekufuneni usizo. Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kuyisimo sezokwelapha esiqinisekisiwe, futhi abahlinzeki bezempilo bayeqeqeshwe ukukwelapha ngobubele nobuchwepheshe. Ngokushesha nje lapho uthola usizo, ngokushesha uqala uhambo lwakho oluya ebuhlotsheni obufanele ngokudla nawe.
Khumbula ukuthi awuwedwa kule mpi, futhi ukucela usizo kuyisibonakaliso samandla. Ngokwelashwa okufanele nokusekelwa, ungathuthukisa amakhono nezindlela ezidingekayo zokulawula lesi simo nokuphila impilo ezele.
Cha, ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile nobulimia ziyizimo ezahlukene, yize zihlanganyela izinto ezifanayo. Zombili zihilela izimo zokudla ukudla okuningi ngenkathi uzizwa ungalawuleki. Kodwa-ke, abantu abane-bulimia ngokuvamile bahlanganyela emikhubeni yokubuyisela njengokuhlanza, ukusebenzisa ama-laxatives, noma ukuzivocavoca okukhulu “ukubuyisela” ukudla okuningi, kanti abantu abane-binge eating disorder abakwenzi lokho.
Lo umehluko ubalulekile ngoba uthinta izinhlanganisela zokomzimba nezindlela zokwelapha zesimo ngasinye. Ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile empeleni kuvame kakhulu kunobullimia futhi ngokuvamile kuholela ezinkingeni ezahlukene zempilo, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlobene nokuzuza isisindo nezinkinga ze-metabolic.
Ukubuyiselwa kokutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kugxila ikakhulu ekuqondeni ubuhlobo bakho ngokudla nokumisa izimo zokudla okuningi, kunokuba kuzimbangela zesondlo. Abantu abaningi baye baba nezinguquko zesondlo phakathi kokubuyiselwa, kodwa lokhu kuyahlukahluka kakhulu kumuntu ngamunye futhi kuncike ezintweni eziningi zomuntu.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizokusiza ukugxila emikhubeni yokukhuthaza impilo njengezindlela zokudla ezivamile, amakhono okubhekana nemizwa, kanye nomsebenzi womzimba wokuphila kahle kunokulawula isisindo. Ukuqina kwesisindo ngokuvamile kwenzeka ngokwemvelo njengoba izindlela zakho zokudla ziqina, kodwa isikhathi nobukhulu kuyahluka kumuntu ngamunye.
Isikhathi sokwelashwa sihlukahluka kakhulu kuye ngezici zomuntu njengobunzima bezimpawu, isikhathi eside ube nalesi simo, kanye nokuthi unezinye izimo zempilo yengqondo. Abanye abantu babona ukuthuthuka phakathi kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, kanti abanye bangase badinge ukwesekwa isikhathi eside.
Abantu abaningi bahlanganyela ekwelapheni okusebenzayo izinyanga ezimbalwa kuya konyaka, abaningi baqhubeka ngolunye uhlobo lokwesekwa oluqhubekayo noma ukwelashwa kokugcina. Umgomo akuyona ukushesha ekwelapheni, kodwa ukwakha amakhono nezindlela ezihlala zikusebenza isikhathi eside. Ithimba lakho lokwelapha lizohlangana nawe ukuze liqonde isilinganiso nesikhathi esifanele sokubuyiselwa kwakho.
Yebo, ukutholakala kokudla okuningi ngokweqile kungathuthuka ezinganeni naseentsheni, yize kuvame ukunqunywa ekupheleni kobusha nasekuqaleni kokukhula. Uma kwenzeka kubantu abancane, ngokuvamile kudinga izindlela zokwelapha ezikhethekile ezihilela umndeni futhi zibheke izici zokukhula.
Ukungenelela kwasekuqaleni kubaluleke kakhulu kubantu abancane ngoba kungavimbela lesi simo ukuba singabi nzima futhi kungasilungisa ngaphambi kokuba izinhlanganisela ezinkulu zokomzimba noma ezingokwengqondo zithuthuke. Ukwelashwa lwezingane neentsha ngokuvamile kuhilela izindlela ezisekelwe emndenini futhi kungase kugxile kakhulu ekuqondeni izindlela zokudla nokulungisa noma yiziphi izinkinga ezingokwengqondo eziyisisekelo.
Uma ukhathazekile ngomuntu othandekayo, sondela kuye ngobubele nangaphandle kokwahlulela. Veza ukunakekela kwakho nokukhathazeka kwakho, futhi unikeze usizo lokufuna ukwesekwa kwabasebenzi. Gwema ukuphawula ngesisindo sabo, ukudla, noma izindlela zokudla, njengoba lokhu kungandisa ihlazo futhi kwenze kube nzima ukufuna usizo.
Zifundise ngalesi simo ukuze ukwazi ukuba khona okusekelayo phakathi nohambo lwabo lokubuyiselwa. Cabanga ngokuxhumana nochwepheshe be-eating disorder noma izinhlangano ukuze uthole isiqondiso sokuthi ungasekela kanjani umuntu othandekayo ngenkathi unakekela izidingo zakho zokuzizwa.
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