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Binge Eating Disorder

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Binge Eating Disorder features elements of bulimia and another eating disorder, compulsive overeating. Like bulimics, people who suffer from binge eating will devour an inordinate amount of food in a very short time, yet unlike bulimics, binge eating is not followed by a purge. Partly because of this, people with binge eating disorder are typically overweight.


Behavioral signs linked to Binge eating disorder include:


  • An occasional lack of control over eating
  • Binging, in one sitting, an inordinately large amount of food
  • Eating despite not being hungry
  • Eating until uncomfortably full
  • Feeling guilt or acute self-loathing over the bingeing episode


Like compulsive overeaters, people who suffer from binge eating often do so as a mechanism for copying with a variety of emotional or psychological issues.


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