Binge Eating Disorder
Definition
Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by loss of control over eating behaviors. The binge eater consumes unnaturally large amounts of food in a short time period, but unlike a bulimic, does not regularly engage in any inappropriate weight-reducing behaviors such as excessive exercise, induced vomiting, or taking laxatives following the binge episodes.
Description
BED typically strikes individuals sometime between adolescence and the early twenties. Because of the nature...
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