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Oct 2021
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96: Binge Eating, Food Addiction and Emo...

Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH
About this episode

It can be confusing to determine whether you have binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating.  While criteria for binge eating disorder have been established for some time, research is beginning to show some of the ways in which binge eating and food addiction are similar and different.  All of these disorders can affect men as well as women and are related to how you use food.  It’s not food or your body that is the problem, it has to do with how you use food that may stem from early life adversity, trauma or neglect.

 

In this podcast, you will learn:

  1. What is binge eating disorder?
  2. What is food addiction?
  3. What is emotional eating?
  4. How do I know if I have binge eating disorder, food addiction or emotional eating.
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