Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders
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Binge
eating

Symptoms

Concurrent
Problems

Medical
Consequences

Eating alone,
out of embarrassment

Eating more rapidly
than normal

Feeling out of control while bingeing

Binge eating, on average, at least two days a week for six months

Experiencing three or more of the following:

Eating large amounts
when not feeling
physically hungry

Eating, within two hour periods, amounts of food that are larger than most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances

Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or guilty after overeating

Eating untill feeling uncomfortably full

Arthritis

High cholesterol

Kidney disease or failure

Gallbladder disease

Stroke

Upper respiratory
problems

Menstrual irregularities

Obesity

Diabetes

Anxiety

Depression

Mood disorders

Substance abuse

No compensation for overeating (including self-induced vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise, forexample)

Suicidal thoughts