Binge Eating Disorder

Anila Khaliq, MD, Osmaan A. Minhas, DO and Eesha Salman Bashir, MBBS Reviewed 06/2019

BASICS

DESCRIPTION

Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by episodes of uncontrollable consumption of large amounts of food in a discrete amount of time associated with a subjective sense of lac...

DIAGNOSIS

According to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for BED, binge eating episodes are typically associated with three of the following: eating more rapidly than usual; eating more than comfortably s...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

Assessment of people with eating disorders should be comprehensive and include physical, psychological, and social needs and a comprehensive assessment of risk to self.

MEDICATION

ONGOING CARE

Schedule frequent follow-ups to closely track course of disease and patient progress.

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Health care professionals should acknowledge that many people with eating di...

REFERENCES

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association; 2013. [View Abstract on OvidMedline]

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ADDITIONAL READING

Goldschmidt AB, Le Grange D, Powers P, et al. Eating disorder symptomatology in normal-weight vs. obese individuals with binge eating disorder. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011;1...

CODES

ICD10

F50.81 Binge eating disorder
R63.2 Polyphagia

ICD9

307.59 Other disorders of eating

SNOMED

439960005 Binge eating disorder
72366004 Eating disorder
267023007 Excessive eating - polyphagia

CLINICAL PEARLS

BED is the most common eating disorder but often unrecognized and is underdiagnosed and untreated.
Nonobese individuals with BED tend to be younger and reluctant to seek treatment.
Consi...

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