Leah Bekkerus
Concordia College
Moorhead, MN

 Be able to identify Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
 Identify the two types of binge eating disorder
 Identify the factors that contribute to binge eating disorder
 Understand the nutrition care process associated with binge eating disorder
 Understand motivational interviewing
 Be able to identify ethical issues associated with binge eating disorder

 1 in 142 people in the United States suffer from binge eating disorder
 Approximately 1.9 million people
 2% of United States population
 Has become the most common eating disorder

 Binge Defined:
 An act of excessive or compulsive consumption
 Binge Eating Disorder Defined:
 An eating disorder characterized by recurring episodes of binge eating accompanied by a sense of lack of control and often negative feelings about oneself but without intervening periods of compensatory behavior.
MerriamWebster’s Medical Dictionary

 Frequent episodes of uncontrollable binge eating
 Feeling extremely distressed or upset during or after the binge
 No regular attempts to “make up” for the binge
 Vomiting
 Fasting
 Overexercising

 Objective Binge Eating (OBE)
 Loss of control over eating
 Large amount of food is consumed
 Subjective Binge Eating (SBE)
 Sense of out of control over eating
 Large amount of food not consumed

 Binge Eating Disorder
 Sense the loss of control
 Feel remorse
 Consume excess amounts of food
 Objective Overeating
 Do not sense the loss of control
 Consume excess amounts of food

 Everyone
 2% of men
 3.5% of women
 Usually late onset (40’s)
 Can happen in younger years
 People who are over weight or obese
 Over weight: BMI 25-29.9
 Obese: BMI > 30
 People of a healthy weight
 BMI 18.5-24.9

 Negative self image
 Depression
 Negative mood
 Sadness
 Emotional eating
 Boredom
 Worry
 Stress
 Anger
 Failed dieting

 Can elevate negative self image
 Can enhance depression
 Becomes an addiction
 Begin to obsess over self control

 Binge eating causes
 Weight gain
 Results  obesity
 Obesity causes:
 Type 2 diabetes
 High cholesterol
 High blood pressure
 Heart disease
 Sleep apnea

 Eating more rapidly than usual
 Eating until uncomfortably full
 Eating large amounts of food when not hungry
 Eating alone to hide actual food intake
 Feelings of disgust, depression, or guilt after eating

 Assessment
 Collect and interpret laboratory values
 Diagnosis
 Determine illness or disorder
 Find contributing factors
 Intervention
 Care plan
 Monitor
 Evaluate the Nutrition Care Process

 Assess the patients caloric intake
 Determine if it is within their acceptable range
 Record patient’s:
 Height (cm)
 Weight (kg)
 Ideal Body weight
 Males: 106 lbs./5 ft. + 6 lbs./ in.
 Females: 100 lbs./5 ft. + 5 lbs./in.
 Ideal Caloric intake (Mifflin- St. Jeor)
 Males: (9.9 x wt) +(6.25 x ht) – (4.92 x age) + (5 x SF)
 Females: (9.9 x wt) + (6.25 x ht) – (4.92 X age) – (161 x
SF)
 SF: Stress Factor 1.3-1.5

 Determine why the over eating occurs
 Stress levels
 Emotional eating
 Depression
 Determine if the patient is overweight or obese
 BMI: Body Mass Index
 Weight (kg)
 Height (m squared)
 Overweight: BMI 25-29.9
 Obese: BMI > 30

 Binge eating disorder
 Overweight or obese
 Determine contributing factors to the binge eating disorder

 Four common practices of treatment
 Psychotherapy
 Cognitive behavioral therapy
 Interpersonal therapy
 Dialectal behavior therapy
 Medication
 Antidepressants
 Anticonvulsants (Topamax)
 Anti-obesity medication (Meridia)
 Behavioral weight-loss programs
 Self help strategies

(cont.)
 The Goal of the RD
Help the patient
 Learn self monitoring skills
 Develop regular eating patterns
 Learn alternatives to binge eating
 Develop problem solving skills
 Reduce restrained eating
 Evaluate thoughts on eating and self control

 A method of communication with your patient.
 Started as a tool for addiction counseling
 What can the RD do?
 Give them insight
 Give them knowledge
 Give them skills
 Give them a hard time

 The focus is where the patient is.
 Example: Tell me what you know…
 The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing:
 Collaboration- not confrontation
 Autonomy- not authority
 Evocation- Not education/ advice
 Example: What are you willing to try to do
?

 Principles of Motivational Interviewing
 Express Empathy
 Self Efficacy
 Develop Discrepancy
 Role with Resistance

 Using Motivational Interviewing
 Must use different communication methods
 Open End Questions
 Affirm
 Reflective Listening (key skill!)
 Summarize

 Reach for change:
Have the client
 Think about it
 Read about it
 Agree to talk about it at another session
 Take on a small step
 Follow up

 Monitor the patient’s progress
 Encourage them to keep a journal
 Schedule future meetings
 Assess the progression of their recovery
 Evaluate the Nutrition care process

 Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder
 Which is treated first?
 Using Topomax (anticonvulsant medication)
 Binge eaters are not convulsing
 Do we risk the possible side effects?
 Are we doing more harm than good?
 Binge eating disorder is mainly a psychological disorder
 Do we use autonomy or a surrogate decision maker?

 Do you:
 Feel out of control when you are eating?
 Think about food all the time?
 Eat in secret?
 Eat until you feel sick?
 Eat to escape from worries or to comfort yourself?
 Feel disgusted or ashamed after eating?
 Feel powerless to stop eating, even if you want to?

 Binge eating disorder sends people into episodes where they can not control the amount of food they are consuming.
 Binge eating can affect anyone
 There are many psychological factors to binge eating disorder
 Binge eating can result in obesity and other serious future complications.

 There are definite signs of BED
 It is important as a RD to use the Nutrition
Care Process when assessing BED.
 Motivational Interviewing is an intervention technique that helps you work with your patients to make progress.
 It is important to remain in contact with your patients to check their progress.

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