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CPOY 75 Interpretive Project Silver: Day 1 - Binge Eating Disorder

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most widespread eating disorder in Denmark. It is a severe, life-threatening disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food. Going along is a feeling of loss of control during the binge and experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards. Suffering from BED is closely related with bad self- esteem, often a difficult childhood, sometimes abuse and a life centered around weight loss. Few people know about the phenomena, but 40.000-50.000 Danes are suffering from it. Their lives are all about hiding what they consume. They have all tried every possible diet but every time it ends in failure. And for every pound lost there are more pounds gained. Obsessive thoughts about food are constantly there. All though BED is the most widespread eating disorder in Denmark, there are only very few opportunities to receive treatment. Recently WHO has released the new international classification of diseases (ICD 11), and BED is now to be recognised a an eating disorder. It will come into effect on the 1st of January 2022.

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Slide 7 of 11
September 30, 2019
“There are times when everything seems so hopeless that I think about suicide. I just want focus on this never-ending problem because I haven’t been able to get any treatment that helps.” Camilla´s father is sick with terminal cancer and her eating disorder is getting worse and worse. Sometimes she tries to brush her teeth to prevent herself from eating more. But it rarely helps. “Recently I was in a restaurant. I went there alone and had a big meal and dessert afterwards. Normally I don’t like to go places like that alone but at this time I just didn’t care. I needed it. Everything became foggy in a way. And when I left, I was high and almost drugged. I was completely dulled and able to feel the pain in my stomach in the good way. The way where I don’t have any thoughts left in my mind. Only silence”
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