Overeating

There is no questioning the fact that we have all overeaten at some point in our lives; the question is why do we do it? No other animal on this planet overeats the way we do, yet we claim to be the most intelligent species walking the globe. Could this gluttony have more underlying it than just hunger or love of food? Could our overeating ways be a communication that there is more going on in life and within ourselves?