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Descriptor English: Binge-Eating Disorder
Descriptor Spanish: Trastorno por Atracón
Descriptor trastorno de hiperfagia compulsiva
Entry term(s) trastorno de atracones
Scope note: Trastorno asociado a tres o más de los siguientes cuadros: comer hasta sentirse incómodamente saciado; comer grandes cantidades de alimentos sin sentirse físicamente hambriento; comer mucho más rápidamente de lo normal; comer solo por pulsión; sentir disgusto, DEPRESIÓN o culpabilidad tras el atracón. Los criterios incluyen que esto ocurra por, término medio, al menos dos días por semana durante 6 meses. El trastorno por darse un atracón no va asociado a la práctica regular de acciones compensadoras inadecuadas (por ejemplo purgarse, realizar ejercicio físico excesivo) ni coexiste exclusivamente con BULIMIA NERVIOSA o ANOREXIA NERVIOSA (DSM-IV, 1994)"
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtorno da Compulsão Alimentar
Descriptor French: Syndrome d'hyperphagie compulsive
Entry term(s): Binge Eating Disorder
Binge-Eating Disorders
Disorder, Binge-Eating
Disorders, Binge-Eating
Tree number(s): F03.400.188
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056912
Scope note: A disorder associated with three or more of the following: eating until feeling uncomfortably full; eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; eating much more rapidly than normal; eating alone due to embarrassment; feeling of disgust, DEPRESSION, or guilt after overeating. Criteria includes occurrence on average, at least 2 days a week for 6 months. The binge eating is not associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behavior (i.e. purging, excessive exercise, etc.) and does not co-occur exclusively with BULIMIA NERVOSA or ANOREXIA NERVOSA. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bulimia Nervosa (2000-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010; see BULIMIA NERVOSA 2000-2009
History Note: 2010; use BULIMIA NERVOSA 2000-2009
DeCS ID: 53746
Unique ID: D056912
NLM Classification: WM 175
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2016/06/02
Binge-Eating Disorder - Preferred
Concept UI M0533368
Scope note A disorder associated with three or more of the following: eating until feeling uncomfortably full; eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; eating much more rapidly than normal; eating alone due to embarrassment; feeling of disgust, DEPRESSION, or guilt after overeating. Criteria includes occurrence on average, at least 2 days a week for 6 months. The binge eating is not associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behavior (i.e. purging, excessive exercise, etc.) and does not co-occur exclusively with BULIMIA NERVOSA or ANOREXIA NERVOSA. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Preferred term Binge-Eating Disorder
Entry term(s) Binge Eating Disorder
Binge-Eating Disorders
Disorder, Binge-Eating
Disorders, Binge-Eating



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