WHEN ED SHEERAN RECENTLY REVEALED to Rolling Stone that he has "a real eating problem," his words were more impactful than he may have realised. For one thing, men have historically been left out of the eating disorder conversation (despite the fact that about 10 million individuals who identify as male in the United States will experience an ED at some point in their life). But Ed's comments also put the spotlight on a specific issue that is often ignored, overlooked, and misunderstood-even though it's widely considered the most common ED in adults: binge eating disorder (BED).
WHAT IS BINGE EATING DISORDER (BED)?
While many have seen media depictions of anorexia and bulimia and heard the myriad dangers of restricting and purging, far fewer are familiar with BED, which is characterised by regular binges (eating a large amount of food in a short amount of time) where the person feels out of control. BED was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a clinical diagnosis in 2013 and is defined by "recurrent and persistent episodes of binge eating" as well as other criteria, like "eating until feeling uncomfortably full" and "feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or very guilty after overeating". While BED is currently estimated to affect about 1.5% of women and 0.3% of men worldwide countless others may still be struggling with undiagnosed disorders or "subclinical" symptoms that don't meet the diagnostic criteria but still wreak havoc on their lives.
HOW DOES BED DIFFER FROM OTHER DISORDERS?
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