Hmm.

That is driven somewhat by, because when you overeat then you have less drive to eat and you get into this really toxic cy- cycle, but it can also again be driven by society and driven by diet culture.

More often than not, when I'm treating someone with binge eating disorder, at some point they went to see a healthcare professional, and the healthcare professional prescribed them a diet.

And that diet, becoming undernourished, actually drove their compulsive eating behavior and reinforced the binge eating disorder.

It is highly underdiagnosed because if, if you are an individual with binge eating disorder and you go to your healthcare provider and you say, "You know, I've been trying this diet, but then I get really hungry and then I eat more than I meant to, and I feel really sick, and it's really embarrassing and I don't know, really know what to do about it," very, very unfortunately your healthcare provider might just say, "Well, you just need to try harder at your diet.

You just need to be a better dieter." And not recognizing that what you're describing is binge eating disorder.

Mm-hmm.

You know, uh, how can this be? You know, many treatment facilities will try to work with your resources as best that we can.

The number one search about eating disorders is what does disordered eating actually mean?

So disordered eating means a wide, wide variety of things.

And I think we need to be thoughtful about the fact that there's a wide variety of normalized eating across various cultures and across the world.

I think when we're talking about so disordered eating means that your eating behaviors are getting in the way of you living your life.

And so that that can mean a lot of things.

It's very, very wide definition.

But and again, it requires some individual reflection.

It's not just me not doing it well enough.