Binge eating – Number one eating problem

I ran into a story on Food Consumer that states that binge eating is the number one eating disorder in America.

Binge eating affects 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men during their lifetime. In comparison, anorexia nervosa affects 0.9 percent of women and 0.3 percent of men and bulimia nervosa affects 1.5 percent of women and 0.5 percent of men.

According to the researchers, binge eating means that people eat uncontrolled amounts of food at least twice a week for a three-month period.

Binge eating, a chronic condition, was believed associated with severe obesity and all the complication of obesity, Hudson was cited as saying.

The survey data on eating problems came from 3,000 who were among almost 9,300 people from across the United States who participated in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. The results were published in the February issue of Biological Psychiatry.

So far, it has been unknown what cause binge eating disorder. Depression may be one of the risk factors for binge eating. Previous studies showed 50 percent of people with binge eating disorder are depressed or have been depressed in the past.

Binge eating can also associate with dieting. People who skip meals may turn their dieting into binge eating. Also A person’s capability of coping emotion may also be a factor for the binge eating. People with binge eating may not handle their emotion well. Many people who are binge eaters say that being angry, sad, bored, worried or stressed can cause them to binge eat.

Many of us are aware of this problem and the best way to avoid habitaul binge eating is to be very careful with your diet. Your body will always overreact if you do not take in enough food and some people are just prone to overeat in times of emotional distress or when dieting gets them down.

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