Binge eating

Binge eating
SpecialtyPsychiatry
SymptomsEating addiction

Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable eating. It is a common symptom of eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive quantity of food. A diagnosis of binge eating is associated with feelings of loss of control.[1] Binge eating disorder is also linked with being overweight and obesity.[2]

  1. ^ Mitchell JE, Devlin MJ, de Zwaan M, Crow SJ, Peterson C (2007). Binge-Eating Disorder: Clinical Foundations and Treatment. Guilford Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-60623-757-1. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ Wilson GT, Wilfley DE, Agras WS, Bryson SW (January 2010). "Psychological treatments of binge eating disorder". Archives of General Psychiatry. 67 (1): 94–101. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.170. PMC 3757519. PMID 20048227.