Just in time for the 2021 holiday season, a new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders on November 11, 2021, provides in-depth, data-driven feedback on subjective binge episodes. “Lived experiences of subjective binge eating: An inductive thematic analysis” expands our understanding of this binge type.
There are two main types of eating binges: objective and subjective. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5; 2013) acknowledges exclusively objective binges in eating disorder criteria. Further, popular culture repeatedly mentions and portrays objective binges, so our society is most familiar with them. Because the two binge types can share some characteristics, it is beneficial to review the most well-known one first. – Click for full article
