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binge eating, n.
Brit. |ˈbɪn(d)ʒ ˈiːtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbɪndʒ ˈidɪŋ|
[‹ binge n.2 + eating n. Compare later binge eat v., binge eater n.]
The action of consuming a large quantity of food in a short period of time, often as part of an eating disorder.
1959A. J. Stunkard in Psychiatric Q. 33 ii. 290 Binge-eating..appears to occur during periods of life stress. 1987A. M. Colman Facts, Fallacies & Frauds in Psychol. vi. 154 The cardinal symptom of bulimia nervosa is binge eating, usually followed by vomiting. 2003Time 13 Oct. 93/4 Frequent dieters gained..more..than their peers who did not diet. The likely reason?.. Restrictive diets that led to cycles of binge eating.
Compounds. binge-eating disorder n. an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge-eating, esp. (in later use) when not followed by purging (cf. binge-and-purge n. and adj. at binge n.2 Additions).
1981PR Newswire (Nexis) 14 Sept. Fifteen to 20 percent of America's college women have ‘some involvement’ with a bizarre *binge-eating disorder in which they alternately gorge on food and then force themselves to vomit. 1992M. G. Perri et al. Improving Long-term Managem. of Obesity ii. 46 The authors applied the proposed diagnostic criteria for binge-eating disorder (which are similar to those for bulimia nervosa but exclude compensatory behaviors such as purging). 2005Afro-American (Baltimore) (Electronic ed.) 5–11 Mar. a5 Men represent 5 to 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of those with binge-eating disorder. |