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Diagnosis of Binge eating

Binge eating is hard to diagnose because it can take so many forms. People who binge eat may feel depressed and panicky after eating one chocolate bar too many, or continually pick at food throughout the day, even after meals and when full up.

The signs of binge eating are:

• lack of control over eating,
• consuming a large amount of food in a short period of time (around two hours),
• eating much faster than normal during a binge,
• eating until feeling uncomfortably full,
• eating a large amount of food even when not hungry,
• eating alone or secretly due to embarrassment about the amount of food being consumed, and
• feelings of guilt, shame, or disgust after overeating.

People who eat in this way over a long period of time, say six months, may be diagnosed as having a binge eating disorder.

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