Binge Eating Disorders Condition
Binge eating disorder, or BED, is a psychiatric disorder. People suffering from Binge eating disorders do not exercise any kind of control over the food consumption and eat a huge amount of food at once. They actually eat a lot more at one meal than a normal person. When they are passing through a binge episode, they person eats more quickly than during a normal period. Even when they are not hungry, people suffering from BED eat a large amount of food and they eat until they get uncomfortable physically wise. In order to keep its condition secret, such a person eats usually alone, both during normal periods, and during binge episodes. The person may experience a feeling of embarrassment about food. After binge eating, a person suffering from this condition would usually feel disgusted, depressed or guilty. People suffering from BED are usually very fat or even have obesity, but it is not unusual for a normal weight person to suffer from the disease.
Nearly 4 million Americans (representing about 2 percent of the adult population) are considered to be suffering from binge eating disorder and 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. This disorder is more frequent in women then in men (three women for every two men have it) and this disorder manifests itself independently of any ethno-cultural differences. If a person is obese and suffers from BED, it is more likely that the person had become overweight at a younger age than a person without the disorder. A BED sufferer may lose weight, but it would gain back the lost weight and he or she may experience several such transitional episodes throughout his life. Binge eating disorder can have more serious side-effects, as people suffering from it can get sick due a lack of proper nutrition. This may happen because they do not eat healthy foods: binging episodes usually include foods that are high in sugar and/or salt, but low in healthier nutrients. Also, studies have shown that people who are obese and also have binge eating disorder have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol levels, gallbladder disease, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. Other types of eating disorder include bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa BED suffering people are aware that something is wrong with their eating habits and are usually depressed because of this. Most people with binge eating disorder have tried to control it on their own, but have not been able to do so for very long. People suffering from binge eating disorder often miss work, school and other social activities because of binge eat. Persons who are obese with binge eating disorder often feel bad about themselves and may avoid social gatherings. They try to hide their disorder from anyone, especially from friends and relatives and sometimes they have no clue about the disorder for a long period of time. |
