Defined as:
Bulimia without inappropriate compensatory behaviour
binge eating with no purging type behaviour
Other factors:
obesity
Symptoms are:
Physiological:
Cognitive:
Affective:
Behavioural:
Prevalence: (community), (clinical)
median onset age 21
lifetime 2%
current 0.6-1%
higher in females 2x high in maori and pacific people
no diff by income or educatrion