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Summary:

 * Most prevelant eating problem
 * More of a problem than anorexia and bilemia
 * Eating Binge:
 * a lot of food in a short amount of time
 * Gorging: eating large amounts of food that makes you uncomfortably stuffed more than twice a week for two weeks
 * 3.5% of women binge eat...more common than anorexia and bylemia
 * The eating problem must disrupt a persons life to be considered a psychiatric disorder
 * like bilemia without purging
 * leads to obsesity
 * treatments can help people stop binging
 * therapy
 * psycho therapy
 * anti depressants

Questions:
It has been found that many people with binge eating disorder also have depression. Depression and the disorder are certainly linked but it isn't the only clear cause of the disorder. Other things that may trigger binge eating disorder are anxiety, stress, anger, and boredom. Dieting may also worsen binge eating.
 * 1) Are there certain things that can cause binge eating disorder?

http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bingeeating.html

2. Is there a common characteristic amongst the people they found were binge eating? Depression. Also there have been studies of dieters who binge eat and it shows that more than half of dieters who ended up with binge eating disorder had had a binge eating episode before they were dieting. http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bingeeating.html 3.What would someone feel like when binging? Someone who binge eats feels a great amount of distress. They may stress about what they are eating and who is watching them eat it. Almost like a drug, they lose control of their eating. http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bingeeating.html 4.How does binge eating physically/mentally "disrupt" someones life? Because the binge eater no longer has control they may start missing work or become unable to face social situations. They become unable to face their life because their guilt about what they are eating. They also may become insecure about their appearance. http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bingeeating.html