Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0812 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Binge Eating Disorder
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The idea
Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder involving recurrent episodes of eating with a sense of loss of control, without regular compensatory behavior.
In practice
The absence of compensatory behavior is what separates this term from the previous one.
Where people slip
These three terms name three patterns. None of them is a test.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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