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Size really doesn't matter
Author(s) -
Lawrence Bethan,
Campbell Mari,
Neiderman Marc,
Serpell Lucy
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.498
Subject(s) - judgement , eating disorders , psychology , bulimia nervosa , binge eating disorder , binge eating , vignette , psychiatry , reliability (semiconductor) , meal , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , power (physics) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Abstract Objective: The judgement of what constitutes a large amount of food is one part of determining a binge and is therefore crucial for the diagnosis of BN. This study aimed to determine whether eating disorder professionals agree on what constitutes a large amount of food and the criterion they use to make the decision. Method: 147 eating disorder professionals completed a short questionnaire, that involved rating five food vignettes according to whether they believed them to consist of a large amount of food. Results: There was general consensus among eating disorder professionals as to what constituted a large amount of food. The results also suggested that many participants based their judgement on how dissimilar the vignette was to a normal meal. Discussion: The finding that the judgement of whether an amount of food is large can be made with high reliability but low validity should be the subject of further research due to its importance in the diagnosis of bulimia nervosa. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.