People with this condition have bouts of eating large amounts of
food in a short period of time. They tend to select high calorie
foods and binge in secret. Unlike people with bulimia, they do
not try to purge the food from their bodies afterward. This
disorder tends to make people gain weight from eating too much.
As their weight increases, they tend to binge more often. Causes
and Risk Factors Nearly half the people with this disorder are
men. They tend to be adults rather than teens. This condition
tends to affect people who are obese. People who have this
disorder tend to be: - Excessively overweight - Distressed about
this eating pattern Although this condition doesn't cause the
types of problems that go with refusing to eat or self-induced
vomiting or other types of purging, it does causes complications
from obesity. Losing weight using behavior therapy, even without
directly addressing the binge eating, is the best treatment for
this disorder. Other types of treatment, such as therapy, may
make the bin