Select the statement below that is FALSE regarding binge eating disorder
A) It was accepted as a formal psychiatric diagnosis in the 1990s.
B) It lacks the compensatory behaviors of bulimia nervosa.
C) Little is known about associated mortality or morbidity rates.
D) It may be a chronic condition.
Answer: A
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