C. Binge Eating Disorder and Compulsive Overeating

Definitions: (The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy)
Binge Eating Disorder
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter196/196c.htm
"A newly delineated disorder characterized by bingeing not followed by purging. In this disorder, bingeing contributes to excessive caloric intake. Unlike bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder occurs most commonly in obese persons, and it bec omes more prevalent with increasing body weight."

Compulsive Overeating (COE) - (Becky Chase, MS,RD)
Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists
http://www.nutrifit.org/binge.html#coe
"Compulsive Overeating (COE) is not formally recognized as an eating disorder diagnosis. However, the term "compulsive overeating" is often used by professionals and their clients to describe a disordered eating pattern that includes repeated b outs of over eating in response to emotional triggers and an obsession with food and weight. People with COE are not necessarily obese. Dieting is often part of this disorder and can lead to subsequent overeating, causing a dieting/overeating cycle th at is repeated."

 

Books:

Binge Breaker! Stop Out-of- Control Eating and Lose Weight
Peter M. Miller
New York, NY: Warner Books, c1999. 275 pp.
Summary: Discusses a 6-step program that can help dieters conquer binge eating and lose weight permanently.

Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating
Geneen Roth.
New York, NY : Macmillan, 1993. 216 pp.
Summary: Discusses the psychological background of eating disorders such as compulsive eating and how to modify this behavior.

Overcoming Binge Eating
Christopher G. Fairburn.
New York, NY: Guilford Press, c1995. 246 pp.
Summary: Provides information to understand binge eating and bring it under control. Contains a new self-help program based on the most effective strategies for controlling these behaviors, and is designed to be used on its own or in conjunction with therapy. Provides step-by-step guidance for overcoming the urge to binge; getting control of eating behavior; establishing stable, healthy eating habits; and reducing the risk of relapse.

Overcoming Overeating: Living Free in a World of Food
Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c.1988. 259 pp.
Summary: Book discusses the non-diet approach to overeating. It defines the problem and focuses on acceptance and learning to choose foods based on hunger and without restrictions.

Articles:

"How I quit dieting – and lost weight."
Francesca Kelly
Redbook, June 2000: 92.