What is Binge Eating Disorder?

This video describes Binge Eating Disorder. Binge eating episodes are discrete periods of overeating. These episodes are characterized by a sense of lacking control, feeling guilty, feeling depressed, eating alone, eating when not hungry, eating even when full, and eating more rapidly than usual. Binge Eating Disorder is not characterized by compensatory behaviors (vomiting, overuse of laxatives, excessive exercising, etc.). Binge Eating Disorder is reliably associated with being overweight, however, someone with the disorder could be of any weight. Binge Eating Disorder affects females at a higher rate, at a ratio of 2 to 1.