Binge eating disorder

Binge eating disorder is an illness that is more common in women and that has similar symptoms to the eating disorder, bulimia nervosa. Like bulimics, binge eaters have episodes of uncontrolled eating or bingeing. But, binge eating disorder differs from bulimia because its sufferers do not purge their bodies of excess food. People with binge eating disorders feel that they lose control of themselves when eating. They eat large quantities of food and do not stop until they are uncomfortably full. Usually, they have more problems losing weight and keeping it off than do people with other serious weight problems. Most people with the disorder are obese and have a history of weight changes. Like all eating disorders, binge eating is treated on both a physical and psychological level.