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Article: Study: Binge eating most prevalent eating disorder
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- February 23, 2007
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Mary Kanaskie
University Wire
02-23-2007
(Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the first national study of individuals with eating disorders, binge eating was found to be more prevalent than anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
Binge eating, often associated with depression, is a dangerous disorder that is often overlooked, said Marc Lerro, executive director of the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action.
"It appears that with binge eating, it's a different kind of mechanism in the brain compared to anorexia, which is like an obsessive compulsive process," Lerro said. "The typical behavior is that someone will eat until they are physically uncomfortable ...
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