binge eating
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anorexia nervosa
- In anorexia nervosa: Classification
…of two types of illness: binge-eating/purging type or restricting type. The binge-eating/purging type is characterized by regular engagement in binge eating (eating of a significantly large amount of food during a given period of time) or purging (self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas) during the current episode…
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bulimia
- In mental disorder: Eating disorders
…by either impulsive or “binge” eating (eating a significantly large amount of food during a given period of time), alternating with maladaptive (and often ineffective) efforts to lose weight, such as by purging (e.g., self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas) or fasting. People with bulimia are…
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