The clinical eating disorders are only the most extreme form of pathological eating attitudes and behaviors. Many people engage in pathological weight-control behaviors without meeting the current diagnostic criteria for anorexia or bulimia nervosa and may be regarded as having subclinical eating disorders. As described by Fairburn and Beglin (1), a broad spectrum of eating disorders appears to exist in the general population as a continuum of dieting behavior and weight concerns, especially among women. The current prevalence of the clinical eating disorders in the general population has been estimated to be 0.5–1% for anorexia nervosa, 2% for bulimia nervosa, and 2% for binge-eating disorder (BED [2]). However, at least 30% of women of reproductive age have been shown to be practicing some pathological weight-control activities, with 15% regularly engaging in bulimic behaviors, including both binge eating and purging (3,4)