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What is binge eating? A comparison of binge eater, peer, and professional judgments of eating episodes

Abstract

Binge eating is a central diagnostic feature of bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge-eating disorder (BED), yet the phenomenon of bingeing has not been adequately defined, and there is considerable variability in how individuals label eating episodes as binges. We examined the agreement among binge-eating individuals, non-eating-disordered peers, and professional dietitians over whether particular eating episodes were binges. Twenty-nine females with …

Authors

Johnson WG; Carr-Nangle RE; Nangle DW; Antony MM; Zayfert C

Journal

Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 631–635

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 1997

DOI

10.1016/s0306-4603(97)00007-5

ISSN

0306-4603