Binge-eating disorder (BED) is a more recently ... even though African-American women are heavier than white women—49 percent of black females are overweight as opposed to 33 percent of white ...

Anita Rao Are you saying that their behaviors were those of anorexia nervosa or binge eating, but because their bodies weren't severely underweight or didn't have kind of the stereotypical ...

Eating disorders are characterized by a persistent ... is a reflection of their character or worth, and discouraging black-and-white approaches to eating and exercise (for example, characterizing ...

Individuals with bulimia and binge eating disorder practice binge eating. Those with bulimia follow binge eating with some type of purging behavior. Those with binge eating disorder do not ...

Eating disorders can involve unmistakable changes, such as severe weight loss, as well as hidden signs, such as binge-eating alone ... just as much as they affect White women.

Within this overall process, the eating disorders have only recently received serious research interest. The inclusion of nonpurging binge eating as an illness is a natural extension of this ...

However, studies and experts alike point to overlapping symptoms between certain eating disorders and ADHD, suggesting that ...

New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to seek treatment.

These include anorexia nervosa as the most common one, followed by bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, rumination, and two categories that ...

This may stem from common portrayals of eating disorders online and in the media that depict only white, very thin, young girls with Anorexia. When people don’t meet this ‘look’ it can ...

Binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the United States. People who are prone to binge eating eat excessive amounts of food regardless of hunger or metabolic need. Approximately 28% ...

By the time she reached college-age, Washington wrote, she cycled back and forth between binge eating ... the stereotype that eating disorders mainly affect thin, white women.