BINGE EATING disorder is a new diagnostic concept, which is included in the appendix of
DSM-IV, reserved for categories meriting further study.
1 The cardinal feature is binge eating, but, in contrast to bulimia nervosa, the binge eating is not accompanied by "the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors" such as self-induced vomiting and misuse of laxatives.
1(p5501) The disorder commonly co-occurs with obesity.
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