The practice of eating large quantities of food to provide a temporary state of emotional well-being, clinical depression, and being overweight are associated with which eating disorder?

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Binge-eating disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food, feeling a loss of control during these episodes, and experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards. This disorder is often associated with emotional stress, clinical depression, and being overweight or obese. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by restriction of food intake, intense fear of gaining weight, and a disturbed body image. Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder is a parasomnia in which a person eats while asleep and may often have no memory of the episode. Muscle dysmorphia is a type of body dysmorphic disorder, in which an individual is preoccupied with the idea that they are not muscular enough, despite having a well-developed musculature.

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