Talk:Compulsive overeating

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Sorry,i wont so it agian, sorry.

Although we are a rather localised charity I would hope that the information provided by the site would be useful to a much wider audience.

Our site address is www.swedauk.org

I appreciate that others may remove the listing if they don't feel that it's appropriate to be included here but I thought that I'd post in up just in case and have also done so in a few other eating disorder related articles.

I hope that this is ok. Feel free to email me if there's a problem (contact details are on the website).

With Kind Regards Paul

This is an interesting discussion of compulsive overeating with links to recovery resources, but it would be stronger if appropriately referenced. I see no documentation here, even when quoting per centages of people who recover, or origins of the disorder. --BirdsongMeadow 22:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] other food addictions

  • Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by intense fear of gaining weight.

Behavior includes excessive weighing, excessive measuring of body parts, and persistently using a mirror to check body size. Self-esteem is dependent upon body shape and weight. Weight loss is viewed as an impressive achievement and an example of extraordinary self discipline.

  • Bulimia Nervosa is described as binge eating and compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain. Individuals become ashamed of their eating behavior and attempt to conceal symptoms through rapid consumption of food. They will eat until painfully full and stop if intruded upon.

80-90% of bulimics will induce vomiting. Other behaviors include, misuse of laxatives, fasting and excessive exercise. Saaraleigh 02:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I am going to move this article to Compulsive Overeating (currently redirect to Binge eating disorder), as this article is about a disorder - not people who have said disorder. - Bennyboyz3000 01:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I just came across this page, and noticed its nonstandard title. I have listed this page on Wikipedia:Requested moves. szyslak 11:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed from compulsive overeaters to compulsive overeating as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 11:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reflst/External Links order

I know this is pedantic and very OCD of me, but I really hate it when the reflist is before the external links. In academic papers references usually appear at the very end, so I think wikipedia articles should be the same way. I'm going to switch it back. If you really want it the other way, I won't complain anymore, I'll just have to do some kind of bizarre OCD ritual to cope. :) — Craigtalbert 08:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poorly written

I think this article looks like it was written by an undergraduate psychology student. It uses a lot of absolute statements regarding neurochemical reward mechanisms and simply disregards the human ability to learn from negative consequences of his or her behavioral patterns. It is possible for a healthy brain to structure a long term reward mechanism resulting in long term behavioral enforcement, it doesnt only have to be short term neurochemical reward processes that dictate our behavioral patterns.69.244.183.157 (talk) 14:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)