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Is someone at risk if they binge after not eating?
Eating Disorder Support / by tulipfairy
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 November 29th, 2020
...See more Is someone at risk of BED if they are binging after not eating (such as if they ate [edited by Shanna for triggering detail]? Let's say Mon-Wednesday they didn't have access to food due to finances, lack of motivation to grocery shop or prepare food, scheduling, health issues, or other reasons and on Thursday the person is really hungry from eating basically nothing the other three days so they binge a lot on the fourth day but it averages out to account for the days that they weren't able to eat (or might not even account for those). And then Friday they go back to eating a normal [edited by Shanna for calorie count] calories or again don't have access to food so they don't eat much. Is binging due to hunger at risk to a disorder? Or is binging in this case acceptable? Or let's say that the person works a job where they aren't allowed breaks (like a first responder or in-home worker) so they work a 12-hour then eat [edited by Shanna for calorie count]?
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