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Emily Walton's List: Disorders and Winnie the Pooh

    • Pooh is undergoing treatment for an eating disorder related to feelings of low self esteem’ explained cognitive therapist Jim Rouse, ‘He feels that he is a bear of little brain so he compensates for his feelings of low self worth by binging on honey and condensed milk’
    • Binge eaters use food to cope with stress and other negative emotions, but their compulsive overeating just makes them feel worse.
    • Binge eating disorder is more common than bulimia and anorexia and affects a significant number of men as well as women.

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    • Disordered eating is thought to affect between 15% and 20% of the population in North America alone, and children as young as six have been found to be affected by eating disorders.
    • Binge eating and compulsive overeating are often termed an "addiction to food" because people who suffer from the disorder eat large amounts of food in very short periods of time.

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    • binge eating is a  completely separate eating disorder from bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa,  although many of the causes of binge eating are the same as the aforementioned  eating disorders.  While bulimia and anorexia symptoms will eventually come to  light, it takes a bit longer to recognize a binge eating disorder.
    • The real difference between a binge  eating disorder and bulimia is that someone who is a binge eater usually does  not purge food after eating.  However, many bulimics also have binge eating  disorder.

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    • Binge-eating is one of the most common eating disorders. According to a Harvard study, 4% of women and 2% of men have this condition – more than double the number who have anorexia nervosa.
    • Alterations in serotonin levels are associated with mood disturbances and depression, but serotonin also affects appetite and impulse control, both of which are altered in binge-eating disorder.

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