Food addicts as likely as anorexics to ring eating disorder helpline

OPERATORS of a helpline for eating disorders get as many calls from food addicts as they do from anorexics, it was revealed yesterday.

Food addicts as likely as anorexics to ring eating disorder helpline

Now the eating disorders charity Bodywhys is launching a self-help guide to help people who say they are addicted to consuming too much food, a condition known as binge-eating disorder (BED).

As many men as women are believed to have the condition, which sees sufferers go through periods of excessive or binge eating to cope with emotional or psychological problems.

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