The media has portrayed the looks of the three most well-recognized eating disorders—anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder (BED)—as distinct, and judgments are often made about the severity and social stigma of each. OSFED, which stands for “other specified feeding and eating disorder,” is the catchall term for behaviors and attitudes almost fit one of the other three. It, too, tends to elicit judgments as “not enough to be an actual eating disorder.” As an eating disorders specialist, I’m repeatedly struck by how similar these four disorders tend to be despite the perceived differences. – Click for full article
General Similarities
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