eating disorders » Binge-Eating Disorder

Binge-eating disorder is a recently recognized eating disorder. Binge-eating involves episodes of eating an enormous amount of food in a very short period of time. Binge-eating disorder is more common in adults but affects some teenagers. Those with binge-eating disorder are usually overweight and despite their distress over this, are plagued by binge episodes. People with binge-eating disorder do not purge but often feel depressed. The associated obesity may cause health problems, especially polycystic ovarian syndrome in adolescent girls. Binge-eating disorder is the most common form of eating disorder in African American and Hispanic populations.

 

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