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The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT, EAT-26), created by David Garner, is a widely used 26-item, standardized self-reported questionnaire of symptoms and concerns characteristic of eating disorders. The EAT is useful in assessing "eating disorder risk" in high school, college and other special risk samples such as athletes. EAT has been extremely ...
Binge eating disorder affects about 1.6% of women and 0.8% of men in a given year. [1] According to one analysis, the percent of women who will have anorexia at some point in their lives may be up to 4%, or up to 2% for bulimia and binge eating disorders. [10] Rates of eating disorders appear to be lower in less developed countries. [17]
Most studies conducted thus far have been on convenience samples from hospital patients, high school or university students; research on bulimia nervosa among ethnic minorities has also been limited. [85] Existing studies have yielded a wide range of results: between 0.1% and 1.4% of males, and between 0.3% and 9.4% of females. [86]
The Eating Disorder Referral Form is an abbreviated form of the EDI-3 for use in non-clinical settings such as the allied health professions. It contains 25 questions from the EDI-3 that are specific to eating disorder risk. It also includes questions specific to the behavioral patterns of someone with or at risk of developing an eating disorder.
Out of the two targeted treatment approaches, one solely focused on eating disorder features and the other one which was a more complex form of treatment also addressed mood intolerance, clinical perfectionism, low self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties. This study was done involving 154 patients with DSM-IV eating disorders.
As with other eating disorders, binge eating is an "expressive disorder"—a disorder that is an expression of deeper psychological problems. [9] People who have binge eating disorder have been found to have higher weight bias internalization, which includes low self-esteem, unhealthy eating patterns, and general body dissatisfaction. [ 22 ]
However, gender bias, stigma, and shame lead men to be underreported, underdiagnosed, and undertreated for eating disorders. [25] It has been found that clinicians are not well-trained and lack sufficient resources to treat men with eating disorders. [25] Due to these factors, research regarding eating disorders in men continues to be limited.
Orthorexia nervosa (/ ˌ ɔːr θ ə ˈ r ɛ k s i ə n ər ˈ v oʊ s ə /; ON; also known as orthorexia) is a proposed eating disorder characterized by an excessive preoccupation with eating healthy food. [1] [2] [3] The term was introduced in 1997 by American physician Steven Bratman, who suggested that some people's dietary restrictions ...