I've been through (and will, in a way, always be "going through") the mental health recovery process, and the biggest piece of 'mental illness logic' that hangs out there is that all behaviors are a wash since you'll act better once you're cured, so don't criticize behaviors. In fact, much of getting away from any psychological problem (and obesity emerges from the mind to land on the body), is acting AGAINST how you feel. A depressed person will have to learn to act like a functional person despite how shitty they feel, but these behaviors will build a better lifestyle that facilitates the alleviation of the depression, a hypomaniac (like me) will have to learn to mind their manners and be considerate even when their mind is erupting in squiggly lines. Once these behaviors become habits, the mind will start to settle in. The Slatons probably overeat because they constantly feel like shit and hate themselves, but our ignorance-is-kindness culture wants to believe that we can make them feel good and fall in love with themselves as they are, and then the weight will magically fall off. In reality, they'll have to correct their bodies before their minds will follow.