Eating Disorder vocabulary for a Group Therapy

Question

¡Hola a todos!

I am translating worksheets for an eating disorder clinic and I was wondering how to say some vocabulary. I've found different results (using our dictionary here and my own dictionary) but I'm not sure what is the most common in a medical setting (or any setting, I guess)

to Binge on food (not alcohol)

Mi intento: Darse un atracón de comida; Atiborrarse de comida; Hartarse de comida

(sentence) "Do you binge eat on a regular basis?" --> "¿Se da (usted) un atracón de comida regularmente?"; or "¿Se atiborra de comida regularmente?"; or "Se harta de comida regularmente?"

To Purge

Mi intento: Purgar (sentence) "Do you purge after every time you eat" --> "¿Purga (usted) después de cada vez que come?"

I know this is not the most friendly of topics and may be a little graphic, so I apologize if I offend anyone ahead of time.

River, nobody wil be offended although it is ahorrible subject matter. I'm thinking on it. - annierats, Dec 21, 2011

Very true, annierats- I hoped not to offend anyone. I've just seen comments in the past about how this is a family-oriented site so I wasn't sure if my post was going to get flagged or something lol - riverphoenix1970, Dec 21, 2011

Answer 1

I suggest you check out this Wikipedia article on Bulimia in Spanish. I think you may get a good idea about which terms are properly used in association with eating disorders.

What a perfect idea, thank you Gekko! I don't know why I didn't think of that before; mil gracias :) - riverphoenix1970, Dec 21, 2011

Yeah, he has his moments, rofl ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 21, 2011

Answer 2

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to reply - I truly appreciate and value your suggestions! It is always helpful to have feedback :D

:) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 21, 2011

:) - LuisCache, Dec 21, 2011

Answer 3

Mis sugerencias:

1 . "¿Se da (usted) regularmente un atracón de comida?"; o "¿Se atiborra regularmente de comida?"; o "Se harta regularmente de comida?".

Solo cambié el adverbio regularmente para que estuviera más cerca del verbo.

A mi me parece perfectamente bien traducida la frase.

2 . "¿Se purga (usted) después de comer?" o "¿Se purga (usted) cada vez que come?".

(Para quienes preguntan regularmente cuál es la diferencia entre los verbos transitivos y los verbos pronominales, aquí hay un buen ejemplo: en este caso es necesario usar la forma pronominal: purgarse: ¿Se purga usted?, si bien en inglés no se dice "Do you purge yourself?)

Thank you so much! your explanation of the transitive verbs VS pronominal verbs was excellent too- what a bonus! This was very helpful for me too; especially the grammar points about adverb placement. :) - riverphoenix1970, Dec 21, 2011

You are wellcome. - LuisCache, Dec 21, 2011

Answer 4

There seem to be a few options:

comer compulsivamente - binge eating

trastorno por atracon - eating disorder

binge = hartazgo

binge eating = hartazgo del comer

purge = purga

Ah.... those are good guesses, and generally speaking you can use words as atracón and hartazgo to mean the things you indicated. But in this context, those words would look very weird. :-) - Gekkosan, Dec 21, 2011

Good info to know though, thanks Kiwi! I have heard people use the word "hartazgo" casually before now it makes more sense! - riverphoenix1970, Dec 21, 2011

Thanx Gek, no worries River, luckily the experts came along too je je ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 21, 2011