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binge eating

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binge eating
n.
Consumption of large amounts of food in a short period of time, especially as a symptom of bulimia.


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If you take it to an extreme, you often set yourself up for binge eating.
Two major types are recognized in school children; t hey are the restrictive form in which food intake is seriously limited, (Anorevic Nervosa) and that in which binge eating episodes are followed by attempts to lose weight through vomiting, cathartics, exercise and fasting (Bulimic Nervosa) (Adolescent Medicine Committees, 1998).
Psychosocial variables associated with binge eating in obese males and females.
 
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