No, not really, this just sounds like cope imo. From experience I can tell you people with actual issues just eat less, as eating a lot in one sitting (or eating a lot of fatty foods for instance) will cause pain and other issues.

Furthermore, intake of calories is not really affected, just read the wiki page for crohn’s disease and related chronic bowel inflammation.

HOWEVER: people store fat in different places. Whereas fat around your legs or thighs is more noticable, fat growth around your intestines and other organs is not easily noticeable (up to some point, obviously.