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Anorexia & Night Eating Syndrome: Why Restriction Fuels Night Eating & What Helps
Night eating can feel confusing, distressing, and isolating for people living with anorexia, especially when restriction shapes daytime eating. Many adults limit food during the day and then experience intense hunger, urgency to eat, or automatic eating at night. This pattern often creates shame and the belief that recovery is failing.
In this episode, Dr. Marianne Miller explains why anorexia and night eating syndrome frequently overlap and how daytime restriction drives nighttime eating through biological survival responses and nervous system stress. She reframes night eating as adaptation…
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