{"id":865,"date":"2024-09-23T23:27:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reflexmd.com\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2025-04-21T22:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:23:24","slug":"the-truth-about-binge-eating-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reflexmd.com\/blog\/binge-eating\/the-truth-about-binge-eating-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Binge Eating Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you hear the term eating disorder, you probably think: super-strict diet or restricting food. But actually, the most common and undertreated eating disorder in the United States is binge eating disorder (BED<\/a>), a condition that involves over<\/em>-consumption of food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 1.25% of adult women and 0.42% of adult men have binge eating disorder, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBinge eating is when a person eats an excessive amount of food and feels unable to control their eating behaviors,\u201d explains Courtney Morgan, LPCC, a licensed therapist. \u201cPeople with binge eating issues often feel ashamed, which makes seeking treatment incredibly challenging.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is more about this difficult-to-manage disorder, its symptoms, and doctors treat it. Plus, new research into GLP-1 as a promising new treatment for binge eating disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n