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Binge eating disorder is a newly recognized condition that probably affects millions of Americans. Most people with compulsive binge eating problems have frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food and frequent feelings of being unable to control what or how much is being eaten. People with binge eating disorder may eat much quicker than usual, eat until uncomfortably full, eat large amounts of food even when not hungry, eat alone out of embarrassment at the quantity of food being eating, and feel disgusted, depressed, and guilty after overeating. This disorder is different from binge-purge syndrome (bulimia nervosa) because people with binge eating disorder usually do not purge afterward by vomiting or using laxatives.
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are searching for answers to questions about eating disorders.
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