Singapore  - A Singapore Community Court has postponed jail sentencing on a 48-year old woman who suffers from the eating disorder bulimia, reported the Straits Times Saturday.

Yeow Cheng Chiam, who had been convicted of food theft nine times since 1986, was being given a year to see how she responds to treatment for her eating disorder.

Yeow was arrested for stealing food May 10, just two months after she was released from a five-year term of corrective training for repeat offenders, according to the daily report.

Psychiatrist Munidasa Winslow said Yeow was suffering from depression, bulimia and an impulse control disorder.

Community Court judge Soh Tze Bian said sentencing would be decided next December after getting an update on Yeow's treatment. (dpa)