What is Binge eating disorder?
What is Binge eating disorder?
- Binge eating disorder: Excessive overeating but without purging.
Binge eating disorder: Introduction
Types of Binge eating disorder:
Broader types of Binge eating disorder:
How many people get Binge eating disorder?
Prevalance of Binge eating disorder: 0.7% to 4% of the general population (NWHIC); 2-5% of adults (NIMH); 2% of adults (NIDDK); 2% adults or 1-2 million adults (NWHIC)
Prevalance Rate of Binge eating disorder: approx 1 in 142 or 0.70% or 1.9 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Binge eating disorder:
About 2 percent of all adults in the United States (as many as 4
million Americans) have binge eating disorder. About 10 to 15 percent of
people who are mildly obese and who try to lose weight on their own or
through commercial weight-loss programs have binge eating disorder. The
disorder is even more common in people who are severely obese.
(Source: excerpt from Binge Eating Disorder: NIDDK)
...
Binge
eating disorder probably affects 2 percent of all adults, or about 1
million to 2 million Americans. (Source: excerpt from Binge Eating Disorder: NWHIC)
...
Community surveys have
estimated that between 2 percent and 5 percent of Americans experience
binge-eating disorder in a 6-month period. (Source: excerpt from Eating Disorders Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions: NIMH)
Who gets Binge eating disorder?
Patient Profile for Binge eating disorder: Adults, most are overweight or obese
Profile for Binge eating disorder:
Binge eating disorder is a little more common in women than in men;
three women for every two men have it. The disorder affects blacks as
often as whites. No one knows how often it affects people in other ethnic
groups.
(Source: excerpt from Binge Eating Disorder: NIDDK)
Gender Profile for Binge eating disorder: Women 3:2 men
How serious is Binge eating disorder?
Complications of Binge eating disorder:
see complications of Binge eating disorder
What causes Binge eating disorder?
Causes of Binge eating disorder: see causes of Binge eating disorder
Causes of Binge eating disorder:
No one knows for sure what causes binge eating disorder. As many as
half of all people with binge eating disorder have been depressed in the
past. Whether depression causes binge eating disorder or whether binge
eating disorder causes depression is not known.
(Source: excerpt from Binge Eating Disorder: NIDDK)
What are the symptoms of Binge eating disorder?
Symptoms of Binge eating disorder:
see symptoms of Binge eating disorder
Complications of Binge eating disorder:
see complications of Binge eating disorder
Binge eating disorder: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Binge eating disorder.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Binge eating disorder.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Binge eating disorder:
see treatments for Binge eating disorder
Research for Binge eating disorder:
see research for Binge eating disorder
Organs Affected by Binge eating disorder:
Organs and body systems related to Binge eating disorder include:
Name and Aliases of Binge eating disorder
Main name of condition: Binge eating disorder
Class of Condition for Binge eating disorder: behavior
Other names or spellings for Binge eating disorder:
BED
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