Most eating disorder attention is focused on conditions that make a person too thin, such as anorexia and bulimia. But some people believe that doctors are overlooking equally dangerous disorders that cause people to become too heavy.

"Compulsive eating is also fatal," eating disorder expert Dr. Kimberly Dennis says. "It's just a much slower, gentler killer than anorexia or bulimia." ... In Kansas City, Dr. Dennis talked to health professionals about treating and recognizing all eating disorders.

Dennis believes there's as much denial around overeating and binge eating and there is around other eating disorders, and that psychological therapy is a necessary part of treatment. Source: KSHB-TV (Kansas City)

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