Binge eating: what it is, how to recognize it and treat it

You’ve heard of it binges? Especially after commemorative dates involving food (Easter, for example), this theme is back in the limelight on social networks and could be the answer many are looking for. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 4.7% of the Brazilian population suffers from it food problems (TA). In other words, they are a set of psychiatric diseases of genetic, hereditary, psychological and/or social origin characterized by persistent eating disorders. If the percentage of Brazilians with ED surprised you, you will be even more frightened to learn that, among young people, the rate can be as high as 10%. So it is! Experts are concerned about the alarming increase in slimming practices accompanied by ailments that have become a public health problem.

What is binge eating?

A

binges

It’s a type of eating disorder. Others equally common are anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and all have a multifactorial origin. That is, they are determined by a number of factors that interact with each other. “The binge eating in question is characterized by the consumption of a large amount of food in a short space of time.

anxiety

, the person ends up “discounting” their feelings about the food. When someone has the disorder, they often realize it too late,” explains Dr. Tasso Carvalho, Masters in Health Sciences at Southwest Bahia State University (UEB). Another aspect of the disorder is the

guilt

felt after the binge episode. After all, the individual could not “control” himself in front of food and overeat even without being physically hungry. The consequence of this is self-condemnation, also experienced as

self-recrimination

. “This ends up generating even more anxiety and causing the cycle to repeat itself and seem to have no end, but it does!” completes Carvalho.

How to treat binge eating?

The doctor explains that although healthy and adequate food is a fundamental right, it is not accessible to a huge number of Brazilians. Meanwhile, the treatments involved in the

AT treatments

they are more complex than we imagine because they start right there. According to the Ministry of Health, the goals of treatment for

food problems

they include the regularization of the food model, the suspension of purgative and restrictive practices and nutritional orientation. Furthermore, it is essential that the individual seek psychological and psychiatric treatment. “Eating correctly and regulating meal times helps to avoid overeating. Furthermore, multidisciplinary monitoring is essential in these cases”, adds the specialist.

Collaboration

: Dr. Tasso Carvalho, Masters in Health Sciences from the Southwest State University of Bahia, doctor of the School of Medicine and Public Health of Bahia (EBMSP) and nutrologist of the Brazilian Association of Nutrology (Abran and AMB).

Source: Terra

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