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Binge-eating disorder (BED) was first included as its own diagnostic entity in the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Listed as a Feeding and Eating Disorder, the main characteristic of BED is recurrent binge eating (A.): During binge-eating episodes an amount of food is consumed that is unambiguously larger than what others would eat under comparable circumstances within a certain time, coupled with a subjective sense of loss of control over eating (objective binge eating). As opposed to binge eating in bulimia nervosa, binge eating in BED occurs in the absence of regular inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting, fasting, or laxative misuse, aimed at preventing weight gain (E.). For diagnosis of BED, binge eating is required to occur at least once per week over 3 months (D.) and in association with behavioral abnormalities (B.) and marked distress (C.)...
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Hilbert, A. (2015). Binge-Eating Disorder. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_47-1
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