PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 83: Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating, Eating Disorder
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Binge eating is associated with 3+ of the following: Eating large amount of food when not hungry. Feeling disgusted, depressed, or very guilty afterward. Binge at least once a week for 3+ months. Have to feel distressed from what they have done. If they are not distressed, they do not have binge eating disorder. Eating disorder not otherwise specified (ednos) is. Mixed combination of ed symptoms that is not well-defined. Prevalence of anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder in women each have lifetime prevalences b/w. With no anorexia being the least common. Risk for eating disorders in higher among women born after 1960 than those before 1950. <1% prevalence of eating disorders in men anorexia & bulimia. Anorexia and bulimia are 10x more common among women. Cases of anorexia have been increasing over time among. While other disorders have stabilized in rate or decreased slightly. 40% of all ed cases are in women 15-19 years old.
