The formal diagnosis criteria differ, however, in that subjects must binge at least twice per week for a minimum period of three months for bulimia nervosa and a minimum of 6 months for BED.

On this assumption, obesity is simply on a continuum of eating disorders with anorexia nervosa, which has been defined as a mental illness.

I had a thriving career, but my self was a car crash, and I wound up with bulimia and on a therapist's couch.

They believe this would put women at risk for distorted body image, anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders, which can lead to death, especially among the young.

I had a degree from Cambridge I had a thriving career, but my self was a car crash, and I wound up with bulimia and on a therapist's couch.