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...seems quite normal, and just as cordial, I hope, as though you’re sending [the admissions decisions] in regular mail,” McGrath Lewis said...
...Think this describes you? Probably not. I'm the first to criticize the idea of turning every normal human habit into a full-fledged pathological problem (does each child who throws a tantrum deserve the diagnosis Attention Deficit Disorder?). But a group of experts insists that binge eating disorder isn't a harmless variation of what we all do, but a distinct, troublesome syndrome. Though we don't need another eating disorder to worry about, I'm inclined to agree. "Binge eaters are totally preoccupied. When they're not binging, they're worried about binging," says James Hudson, professor...
...which people eat compulsively and then purge, usually by vomiting. Binge-eaters will complete the eating part, but not bother purging. Beside the sheer quantity of food consumed, there are other signs of a sincere problem. Bingers tend to indulge in the evening or at night, not around normal meal times. Episodes last under an hour, during which 1,500 calories or more are consumed. Afterwards, besides feeling unbearably stuffed, bingers are ashamed and guilt-ridden. More women than men are afflicted, but not disproportionately so, as with other eating disorders. About 60% of binge eaters are women versus...
...lives in the German town of Greifswald, claims that they "used to go to church more than to the mosque." Jarrah, says Salim, loved discos--"We didn't need veiled women and all that"--and sneaked shots of whiskey during a family wedding. He makes Jarrah sound like a normal guy, and normal guys aren't easy to catch...
...Doubleday; 415 pages; $24.95) grope for something substantial in the blizzard of images and information that make up contemporary life. At the center is Charlotte Swenson, an aging fashion model whose face must be reconstructed, with 80 titanium screws, after a pulverizing car accident. Though she looks perfectly normal, her former cronies in Manhattan's trendy night spots no longer recognize her, and her old life of amped-up photo shoots and weekends spent adorning the yachts of rich men slips away...