Cross cutting themes
Jane Hanley, Mark Williams in Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health, 2019
Bulimia is less likely in men as they tend to avoid vomiting and laxatives (Morgan 2008). Women tend to get angry with themselves because they have succumbed to overeating, but men tend to binge or over indulge, because they are angry. It is not easy to diagnose because the alterations in body mass are difficult to detect and the restricting behaviours are often concealed. Binge eating disorder involves eating large quantities of food over a short period of time. It is difficult to stop and often the fathers feel disconnected from the food and have difficulty remembering what they have eaten. It is usually ritualistic whereby particular foods are purchased in order to consume large amounts, or it can be spontaneous when the opportunity arises. Whatever the reasons, the father is generally overwhelmed by guilt and disgust at his inability to stop this behaviour, but this is not as overstated as it is with women.
ENTRIES A–Z
Philip Winn in Dictionary of Biological Psychology, 2003
Anorexia nervosa is diagnosed following relative weight loss, loss of menses, fear of being fat despite obvious emaciation and disturbed BODY IMAGE. Bulimia nervosa is diagnosed not on the basis of body weight, but on the loss of control of eating, fear of being fat, and repeated episodes of overeating coupled with attempts to get rid of the energy consumed (vomiting, dieting, excessive intake of laxatives/diuretics, fasting, exercise). Both anorexia and bulimia nervosa are characterized by a pathological fear of fatness, thus the central feature of these disorders is not disordered appetite, but rather overvalued ideas about weight and shape. In contrast to this, binge eating disorder does not share the central feature of a fear of being fat and no attempts are made to compensate for overeating. Rather the suggested diagnosis of binge eating disorder depends upon repeated episodes of binge eating characterised by loss of control and eating an objectively large amount of food in a discrete period; experiencing distress following binge eating; and at least three of the following—rapid eating, eating beyond normal comfort, eating when not hungry, eating alone due to embarrassment and feeling disgust, depression or guilt after overeating. Binge eating disorder may be diagnosed in obese and non-obese (see OBESITY) individuals. However, binge eating disorder is in the early stages of investigation and is at present not a fully recognized eating disorder.
Assessment for weight loss surgery
Jenny Radcliffe in Cut Down to Size, 2013
If binge episodes happen frequently (at least twice a week) and cause distress, the person is said to have a binge eating disorder.15 People seeking weight loss surgery are more likely to meet the criteria for binge eating disorder than, for example, a similar group of people attending a community slimming club.16 Binge eating disorder is associated with higher rates of emotional difficulties such as depression, anxiety, lower levels of happiness, poor self-esteem2 and body image distress. It is thought that between 20 and 30 per cent of weight loss surgery candidates have a severe binge eating disorder, with up to two-thirds showing occasional binge eating.14,17,18I ignored my diabetes and ate what I wanted. I was able to kid myself that I didn't overeat, but I did. I binged on certain foods. I felt guilty every time I put food in my mouth. I was ashamed of my hunger and my need for the comfort of eating.K, gastric bypassI would shop on a Tuesday and have a ‘food party' with all the food I had bought, almost to the point of being sick, but not quite, and still have a full evening meal when my husband got home.J, sleeve gastrectomy
A test of a state-based, self-control theory of binge eating in adults with obesity
Published in Eating Disorders, 2018
Carolyn M. Pearson, Tyler B. Mason, Li Cao, Andrea B. Goldschmidt, Jason M. Lavender, Ross D. Crosby, Scott J. Crow, Scott G. Engel, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Carol B. Peterson
Binge eating is one of the most commonly reported disordered eating behaviors among the individuals with obesity, even in the absence of full-syndrome binge eating disorder (BED; APA, 2013; Greeno, Wing, & Shiffman, 2000). Binge eating more common among adults with obesity than in the general population, and the individuals who binge eat are more likely to become obese than individuals without disordered eating (Hudson, Hiripi, Pope, & Kessler, 2007). This is particularly concerning because the co-occurrence of binge eating and obesity is linked to a variety of problems (e.g., De Zwaan et al., 1994). Even when the individuals with concomitant binge eating and obesity receive promising treatments for binge eating behavior (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT: Fairburn, 2008), 25–64% of individuals remain symptomatic (e.g., Grilo, Masheb, Wilson, Gueorguieva, & White, 2011). In order to improve the existing treatments and develop more effective interventions, it is necessary to understand the complex interplay of precipitating factors that promote binge eating among individuals with obesity.
Addiction to binge eating among women in psychologically abusive relationships: The moderating role of defense mechanisms
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2021
Orly Yona-Drori, Shirley Ben-Shlomo
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a behavioral disorder marked by a loss of control over food consumption (DSM-5 American Psychiatric Association, 2013) as well as continued excessive consumption despite the negative consequences and emotions engendered (Gearhardt et al., 2012). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disorder constitutes a public health problem at least on the scale of bulimia nervosa (BN), although country-specific lifetime prevalence estimates are consistently higher for BED (1.4%; .8–1.9%) than BN (.8%; .4–1.0%) (Kessler et al., 2013). A high percentage of binge eaters are in a state of addiction (Gearhardt et al., 2012), this being the basis for the disorder. The ability to recognize the addiction component of this disorder, as well as the emotional mechanisms underlying it requires an interdisciplinary perspective of physicians, clinical dietitians and clinical psychotherapists.
Increased deficits in emotion recognition and regulation in children and adolescents with exogenous obesity
Published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2018
Ipek Percinel, Burcu Ozbaran, Sezen Kose, Damla Goksen Simsek, Sukran Darcan
Two previous studies have evaluated emotional regulation difficulties in obese patients using the DERS. Notably, both of these studies were conducted in adults. Obesity and binge eating disorder were assessed in a study that included 326 adult patients. Emotional eating and emotion regulation difficulties were found to be positively correlated (Gianini et al. 2013). In another study, obese adults with compulsive eating behaviour, similar to addictive behaviour, were assessed using the Yale Food Addiction Scale. The DERS scores of patients meeting the criteria for eating addiction were found to be higher, indicating that these patients experienced emotional regulation difficulties (Ceccarini et al. 2015). No prior study has applied the DERS to study obesity in children and adolescents.
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- Anorexia Nervosa
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- Other Specified Feeding Or Eating Disorder
- Body Image Disturbance