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Descriptor English:   Binge-Eating Disorder 
Descriptor Spanish:   Trastorno por Atracón 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transtorno da Compulsão Alimentar 
Synonyms English:   Binge Eating Disorder
Binge-Eating Disorders
Disorder, Binge-Eating
Disorders, Binge-Eating  
Tree Number:   F03.400.188
Definition English:   A disorder associated with three or more of the following: eating until feeling uncomfortably full; eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; eating much more rapidly than normal; eating alone due to embarrassment; feeling of disgust, DEPRESSION, or guilt after overeating. Criteria includes occurrence on average, at least 2 days a week for 6 months. The binge eating is not associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behavior (i.e. purging, excessive exercise, etc.) and does not co-occur exclusively with BULIMIA NERVOSA or ANOREXIA NERVOSA. (From DSM-IV, 1994) 
History Note English:   2010; use BULIMIA NERVOSA 2000-2009 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   53746 
Unique Identifier:   D056912 

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