You have the definition of binge eating disorder wrong. People with binge eating disorder binge on food but do NOT use unhealthy compensatory behaviors to "purge." You seem to think that bulimics binge and then purge by vomiting, whereas people with binge eating disorder binge and then purge with exercise/laxatives/diet pills. This is not true. People who binge and then purge with exercise/laxatives/diet pills are also considered to be bulimic. Binge eating disorder is distinguished from bulimia by the absence of purging. See http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=372 (indicating that binge eating disorder "is not associated with the recurrent use of inappropriate compensatory behavior").
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You have the definition of binge eating disorder wrong. People with binge eating disorder binge on food but do NOT use unhealthy compensatory behaviors to "purge." You seem to think that bulimics binge and then purge by vomiting, whereas people with binge eating disorder binge and then purge with exercise/laxatives/diet pills. This is not true. People who binge and then purge with exercise/laxatives/diet pills are also considered to be bulimic. Binge eating disorder is distinguished from bulimia by the absence of purging. See http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=372 (indicating that binge eating disorder "is not associated with the recurrent use of inappropriate compensatory behavior").
October 15, 2011 - 10:34amThis Comment
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