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Binge Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder. Overeating Binge eating. What is this?. No control - can’t control the amount on the plate - can’t stop once started. Signs and symptoms. Fast Larger portions Alone Snack - hide the behavior Eat until physically uncomfortable Eat without being hungry.

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Binge Eating Disorder

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  1. Binge Eating Disorder Overeating Binge eating

  2. What is this? • No control - can’t control the amount on the plate - can’t stop once started

  3. Signs and symptoms • Fast • Larger portions • Alone • Snack - hide the behavior • Eatuntilphysicallyuncomfortable • Eatwithoutbeinghungry

  4. 1,5-2% of the world population has BED… …2% of all adults in the US, 4 million Americans. But not all of them are obese...

  5. Twodirections BED present in Bulimia Nervosa (BN) - binge eating + compensation (vomiting, laxatives, exercise) Bulimics - normal weight, slightly overweight BED - overweight, obese

  6. Physicaleffects • Obesity - type 2 diabetes - high blood pressure - high blood cholesterol levels - heart diseases - certaintypes of cancer • BN - malnutrition - deficiencydiseases - malfunctioning metabolism

  7. Psychologicalaffects • Isolation • Shame • Guilt • Depression Binge eating

  8. Happy! • Addiction - brain’srewardcentre dopamine - will can no longer control your intake - oppress feelings - no abstinence - you can’t just avoidfood - cronicdisease

  9. Help? • Physicians, Nutritionists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists • Cognitive-behavioraltherapy • Drugtherapy - anti-depressants • OA’s 12-step program

  10. Sources • http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/problems/binge_eating.html# • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_eating_disorder • http://www.anst.uu.se/ataghade/hetsatningsstorning.html • http://www.doktorn.com/story.asp?storyID=1814

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