Binge Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder - Signs
- Eating much more rapidly than usual
- Eating until feeling uncomfortably full
- Eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry ...

Binge eating disorder is a condition that millions of Americans may have. People with binge eating disorder often eat large amounts of food and feel that they can’t control their eating.
How do I know if I have binge eating disorder?

Binge eating disorder (BED), also known as compulsive overeating, has been designated as a psychiatric disorder requiring further study by the American Psychiatric Association.

Binge Eating Disorder - An eating disorder involving uncontrolled eating of large amounts of food but without vomiting or laxative purging.

Binge eating disorder (BED)—Eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating without the regular use of compensatory measures to counter the binge eating.

Binge Eating Disorder (BED)- the consumption of large amounts of food in a discrete period of time together with a subjective sense of loss of control and no vomiting or laxative abuse.

Binge Eating Disorder. NIH Publication No. 94-3589. This fact sheet describes the symptoms, causes, complications, and treatment of binge eating disorder, along with a profile of those at risk for the disorder. 1993. Available from WIN.

This book is designed to help those that have a problem with binge eating disorders to heal their destructive relationships with food and regain control of their lives and health.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a twelve-step program for people with problems related to food including, but not limited to, compulsive overeaters, those with binge eating disorder, bulimics and anorexics.

Affecting predominantly women (but also many men), an eating disorder is far more than just a food and weight obsession. There are three main disorders: Binge eating disorder (compulsive overeating), Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia Nervosa.

Still, up to 10 percent of people who are mildly obese and try to lose weight on their own or through commercial weight loss programs have binge eating disorder. This disorder is even more common in people who are severely obese.

See also: Eating, Binge eating, Eating disorder, Health, Diet