A group of nursing students is reviewing the similarities and differences between bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder (BED). The students demonstrate understanding when they identify which characteristics as specific to BED?
Select all that apply.
A) Clients typically are obese.
B) Clients refrain from purging behaviors.
C) Binge-eating periods are shorter.
D) Clients engage in overexercising.
E) Feelings of guilt do not occur after binging.
Ans: A, B
BED is seen in a number of studies that have uncovered a group of individuals who binge in the same way as those with bulimia nervosa, but who do not purge or compensate for binges through other behaviors (such as overexercising). Individuals with BED also differ from those with other eating disorders in that most of them are obese. In addition, investigators have shown that individuals with BED have less dietary restraint and have a higher weight than those with bulimia nervosa. Binge-eating episodes are not shorter. Feelings of guilt occur with both bulimia nervosa and BED.
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