Binge eating disorder
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- Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Home Publications Order WIN Notes Statistics Research Resources About WIN (460KB) Binge eating disorder is a condition that millions of Americans may have.
- Binge eating disorder is more common in people who are obese, but it affects people with healthy weights as well.
- A person suffering with Binge Eating Disorder is at health risk for a heart attack, high blood-pressure and cholesterol, kidney disease and/or failure, arthritis and bone deterioration, and stroke.
- Binge Eating Disorder is characterized by:Frequent episodes of eating large quantities of food in short periods of time.
- According to DSM-IV's proposed nosology, binge eating disorder is separable from bulimia nervosa.
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