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    Overcoming Binge Eating Kao Ye Thao 73559985 Dr. Zuzana Bic PH 148 This article motivated me for the PHC project: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418081930.htm Introduction For most undergraduates, the college experience is fraught with stress. In this early period of adulthood, students experience demanding academics, financial hardships, and lack of sleep to name a few. This stress negatively impacts their health and may lead them to adopt unhealthy behaviors (Ross et al., 2008). One of the common unhealthy behaviors present in college students, especially college women, is binge eating. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, Binge Eating Disorder affects 3.5% of women, 2% of…

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    Binge Eating Cure: How to cure Binge Eating Permanently What is binge eating? Binge eating disorder features unruly eating where you take large bowls of meals yet you feel powerless to stop. It is often recurrent since you tend to feel hungry in an hour or so. More often than not, it affects the young adults generations. The main symptoms of binge eating disorder include; uncontrolled eating of large amount of foodstuffs, keeping food reserves to eat in the later hours even when you are full,…

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    Introduction For years, eating disorders have effected the self-esteems and lives of many, many people. Eating disorders impact males and females, people of all ages and ethnicities. In fact, the majority of the population will be affected by an eating disorder at some point in their lifetime. Until three years ago, there were only two eating disorders in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. After great effort and the completion of much…

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    Eating is an important part of human life, we consume food for nutrition and energy to help us survive. At present days, we have developed thousands of types of food not only for survival, but also for enjoyment and pleasure. We all overeat occasionally to cope with stress or celebrate for something. For example, eating birthday cakes after you already had a big all-you-can-eat dinner and felt really full at a friend’s birthday party. Overeating is normal among us, but when it becomes a daily…

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    Eating too much isn 't abnormal-- think about Thanksgiving and Christmas, and when you stuff yourself with holiday treats. There is a big difference between obesity and the psychological disorder called BED. 5% of the world’s population having had this illness at some point in their life. Binge Eating Disorder can be defined as excessive periods of overeating to the point of being uncomfortable, even if one is not hungry. People who binge eat tend to have a restricted diet during the day and…

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    Binge eating disorder is a disorder that will cause a person to feel as if they need food all the time. Having that feeling causes the person to consume large amounts of food and feel like that are not able to stop eating. It is normal for a person to over eat once in a while like on a special occasion, but when it starts to become a daily or eve hourly habit it turns into a serious problem. An individual with this type of disorder could be embarrassed about it causing them to say that they are…

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    While there are a good number of unhealthy behaviors I participate in as a college student, I would have to say my eating habits are the biggest issue for me. A close friend recently brought it to my attention that I have a slight problem with binge eating and snacking. I knew that eating a lot and snacking all the time was unhealthy, but I didn’t really think it was as problematic as she made it seem when she was talking to me. I feel like it would be beneficial to my self-confidence and…

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    touches on this: “Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk Of Binge Eating Disorder.” This article from The Huffington Post explores the effects of teasing about weight through the introduction of Haleigh’s experiences, and highlights one key fact: being critical of children’s weight and bodies simply increases their risk for binge eating disorder. This does not mean that binge eating directly causes weight gain; rather, it is an eating disorder that can affect people from all different…

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    diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder. There are several signs that stick out in this case to support the diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder. To start, Andrea has gained a large amount of weight in a short amount of time, 50 pounds in 6 months to be exact. Andrea can eat excessively at least one time per week and this has been going on for the last 6 months. Binge Eating Disorder consists of gaining a large amount of weight in a small amount of time for at least a time period of 3 months. Andrea…

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    Binge eating has affected 2.8 million adults, and 69%of teens, most adults suffer from binge eating than teens do. The percentage of adults with binge eating: White: 1.4%, Latino: 2.1%, Asian: 1.2%, African American: 1.5%. B.E.D. can affect both men and women. Based on percentage, two times as many women are affected as men in the US. B.E.D. is more common among adults in the US than anorexia and bulimia combined. There are a lot of symptoms that can cause you to start binge eating. Generally,…

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