title: Chewing and spitting out food in eating disorder.
abstract: The case of a 19-year-old woman with an eating disorder is presented, whose prime symptom was chewing and spitting out food. She intentionally chose this behaviour as the best strategy to avoid gaining weight while enjoying the taste of large quantities of food. (IntJ Psych Clin Pract 1997; 1: 37-38).
authors.affiliation: Department of General Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Zwaan
keywords: chewing; cognitive-behaviour therapy; eating disorders; spitting out food