Volume addiction: introducing a novel phenotype within compulsive high volume eating.

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Most accounts of disordered eating and food addiction focus on hedonic, calorie-dense intake. However, many patients describe an urgent drive to feel profoundly full, sometimes achieved through enormous volumes of low-calorie foods or fluids. This presentation centers on amount rather than food type, and differs from binge eating disorder's 2-h consumption criterion. Current diagnostic systems (DSM, ICD) do not...

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