Huh. So we're all mentally ill now

[elfs]

I was listening to an NPR article about making binge-eating a DSM-category disorder. The reporter asked one physician what the criteria was for "binge eating." The doctor replied:

The criteria require a clearly unusually large amount of food to be consumed in a relatively short period of time. And typically it is over 1,000 calories.

To meet criteria for the disorder, the episodes are recurrent. They happen at least once a week. They're persistent. The criteria call for at least three months of duration.

The smallest standard adult meal at Burger King is 1,040 calories, so: if you work downtown and you eat at Burger King once a week, you are certifiably mentally ill.

And not because you like Burger King.