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Up until now we have focused primarily on Binge Eating.  However, we have to acknowledge that there are several eating disorders that are diagnosed in adults, and I want to explore these briefly in today’s blog post.   A bit of warning before we dive right in – these diagnoses look very simple from the outside, but diagnosing folks experiencing disordered eating will often be much more complicated in real life .  It is uncommon for eating disorders to be diagnosed easily or i

Binge Eating and Compensatory Behavior The act of binge eating can be very upsetting.  In fact, distress about the amount eaten is a piece of what we are looking for when we are assessing binge eating episodes!  To learn more about what binging is from a clinical perspective, please take a look at the first blog post – there’s plenty of great information in there to get a better understanding of that particular difficult behavior.   But we’re not here to discuss binge eating

What is Binge Eating Disorder Binge Eating Disorder is a recurring pattern of eating large amounts of food with associated loss of control in a discrete amount of time .  While this sounds pretty straightforward, in practice this definition is pretty vague and leads to a lot of confusion for people who may be experiencing symptoms.  How long is “a discrete amount of time,” how much is a “large amount,” what is a “loss of control,” and how frequent is the “recurring pattern”?