3. Binge eating disorder
Binge eating disorder (BED) is actually three times more common than anorexia and bulimia combined, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. The condition is characterized by consuming more food than would be considered normal during a specific time period. However, this doesn’t just mean eating an enormous amount at one sitting.
“This could look like going through multiple fast food drive-thru at one time and ordering the equivalent of several meals and eating [them] within an hour, or it might look like grazing all day long, never really feeling a sense of fullness,” says Meredith Riddick, LPC, CEDS-S, clinical program director of eating disorder nonprofit Rock Recovery. She also suggests that the binges are often linked with guilt, shame, and depression afterward.
