Who suffers from binge eating disorder?
Binge eating disorder is probably the most common eating disorder of all. Most people with binge eating disorder are obese (20 percent above a healthy body weight), but normal-weight people are also affected. Binge eating disorder is estimated to affect 2 percent of all adults, or about 1 million to 2 million Americans. Recent research indicates that nearly 1 in 3 people participating in medically supervised eating disorder programs suffer from binge eating. Obese people with binge eating disorder often became overweight at a younger age than those without the disorder. They also may have more frequent episodes of losing and regaining weight (yo-yo dieting).
