Binge eating disorder (BED) is a serious mental illness. It involves eating large quantities of food without feeling like you are in control of what you are doing. These episodes of binge-eating usually involve a lack of compensatory mechanisms seen in bulimia, such as purging. Struggling with binge eating disorder can lead to major emotional distress and have physical consequences.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/how-common-is-binge-eating-disorder-and-how-does-it-affect-people