Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorders
Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder, yet often it is unrecognized and untreated. Join us in raising awareness around the…
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Binge Eating Disorder Screening Tool
Binge Eating Disorders impact two times more patients than Anorexia. Learn the facts and what to look for in your patients with our free binge eating…
How to Help Someone With Binge Eating Disorder: 11 Tips You Can Use
Learn how to help someone who struggles with binge eating. Find out what to say and what NOT to say with these 11 tips.
How to Stop Binge Eating: Why It’s Not About Willpower
Eating Recovery Center uses a trauma-informed approach to helping people recover from binge eating. Drawing on education, awareness and…
Binge Eating Disorder Treatment: How Does Virtual Care Work?
Learn more about virtual binge eating disorder treatment, including how it works and what you can expect.
What “Counts” as a Binge? Binge Eating Defined
When it comes to binge eating, the amount of food one consumes may not mean much. And whether someone calls it a “binge” doesn’t really…
Let’s Get Real About the History of Eating Disorders
What is the true history of eating disorders? Since the 1980s, major advances have been made related to eating disorder diagnosis and treatment. Take…
I Can’t Tell When I’m Full
Most of us start out with a strong, intuitive sense of our bodies' physiological needs; our bodies give us signals of hunger and fullness, and we…
Breaking Free from Binge Eating Disorder
Dave Vrablik’s lifelong habit of emotional eating never felt like a serious problem. That is, until one heartbreaking phone call five years…
Binge Eating Disorder
The most common eating disorder, yet often unrecognized and undiagnosed.
Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorders, and Bulimia
Dr. Mehler, President of Eating Recovery Center, presents on medical complications of eating disorders, and how to heal them. Families regularly ask…
Experiential Avoidance in Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
People who binge eat often use food for comfort, a form of experiential avoidance. See how binge eating disorder treatment can help.
Night Eating Syndrome: The Eating Disorder We Need to Talk About
If you are struggling with night eating, we encourage you to get help sooner rather than later. Most people wait too long to get help or assume that…
Shining a Light on Recovery - Episode 3
Sometimes it feels like we have lost our way in our recovery process and our purpose, especially after what we experienced in 2020.Join authors Robyn…
Shining a Light on Recovery - Episode 1
Authors Robyn Cruze and Kara Richardson Whitely host this monthly virtual gathering for our eating disorder and mental health communities to discuss…
Binge Eating Disorder Fact Sheet
Binge Eating Disorder, which involves frequent overeating marked by feelings of distress, guilt, and shame coupled with feeling out of control, has…
Let’s Get Real: Binge Eating Disorder is a Real Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder is both under-diagnosed and yet the most prevalent eating disorder. In fact, there are 2.5 times more people with binge eating…
Binge Eating: When Shame and Secrecy Hold Too Much Power
Why do people binge when they feel shame? Because shame feels terrible! Shame is sometimes described as a "punch in the gut" or a heart-wrenching…
Overcoming Stress Eating
Stress eating is simply this: responding to stress by eating. Why does this happen? People stress eat because it works. Cortisol, a hormone produced…
"Do I Need Help for Binge Eating?" Are You "Sick Enough"? - Kara Richardson Whitely
Like so many people with Binge Eating Disorder, I just didn't feel sick enough for treatment. What I didn't realize before recovery was that I was…
Diets No More
Binge Eating Disorder is grossly underdiagnosed and can leave dramatical devastation in its wake. So how do you find your way in a…
Orthorexia: Can “Healthy” Eating Lead to Binge Eating? – Jean Curran
If you've had moments of binge eating after following a clean eating diet, you may not be bingeing despite your food rules and nutrition knowledge;…
What Type of Binge Eater Are You?
Many of my patients have found it useful to identify their own binge triggers or cues that can leave them vulnerable to having an urge to binge.…
6 Ways to Go Further in Binge Eating Recovery
Dietitian Jean Curran shares six strategies to help you overcome binge eating and compulsive eating habits. Recovery is a process, and while you can…
Binge Eating Treatment: Yes, Insurance DOES Cover it
If you have binge eating disorder, it does not mean you lack self-control. It means that you suffer from a mental illness that requires specialized…
Gorge
Check out our podcast, Mental Note. Join us as we talk with Kara Richardson Whitely, author of the book Gorge, about her lifelong journey towards…
Why Do I Eat So Much at Night?
Many patients complain about difficulty controlling their eating behaviors at night. They describe feeling small urges to eat during the day and then…
Should We Stop Eating When We Feel “Full”? – Dr. Ralph Carson
Many well-meaning people attempt to stop eating when they are full. And most of us assume that this ability to notice if we feel hungry or full will…
10 Ways to Sleep Better, Avoid Insomnia, and Feel Better in Recovery
In our clinic, those who seek help for binge eating disorder (BED), night eating syndrome (NES), and loss of control eating (LOC) tend to skip meals,…
Why Sleep is So Important in Binge Eating Recovery
Sleep is one of the most overlooked and important aspects of binge eating disorder recovery. Good sleep offers numerous benefits to our physical and…
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