"Binge-Eating Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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)
| Descriptor ID |
D056912
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.375.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Binge-Eating Disorder- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Binge-Eating Disorders
- Disorder, Binge-Eating
- Disorders, Binge-Eating
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