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Binge eating: A theoretical review
Author(s) -
Wardle Jane,
Beinart Helen
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1981.tb00503.x
Subject(s) - dieting , binge eating , psychology , anorexia nervosa , perspective (graphical) , eating disorders , etiology , psychiatry , bulimia nervosa , similarity (geometry) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , binge eating disorder , weight loss , obesity , medicine , endocrinology , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
An eating pattern consisting of gorging, alternating with dieting and purging is identified as a clinical problem in patients of normal weight, in the obese, and in patients with anorexia nervosa. The clinical reports have used a variety of names for this problem, and this has obscured the similarity between the various descriptions. Another perspective on the problem is offered by the experimental research on dietary restraint and counter‐regulation. Counter‐regulation, found in subjects from all weight groups who are restricting their food intake, is construed as a laboratory version of an eating binge. The clinical and experimental reports are combined to provide suggestions for the aetiology and treatment of the problem of binge eating.