Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Facts & Statistics

In addition to understanding the causes and symptoms of binge eating disorder (BED), it’s also helpful to understand the facts and statistics:

• 8% of American adults suffer from binge eating disorder in their lifetime.¹
• Approximately half of the risk for BED is genetic.²
• Nearly half of BED patients have a comorbid mood disorder. ²
• More than half of BED patients have comorbid anxiety disorders. ²
• Nearly 1 in 10 BED patients have a comorbid substance abuse disorder, usually alcohol use. ²
• Binge eating or loss-of-control eating may be as high as 25% in post-bariatric patients. ³
• 30 percent of higher weight patients attempting to lose weight in clinical settings meet diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder (BED) and/or bulimia nervosa (BN). ⁴

The facts and statistics about bingeing are concerning, but recovery is possible

Eating Recovery Center provides comprehensive treatment designed to help you stop your disordered eating behavior and identify the bio/psycho/social contributors to your illness. Then, full and lasting recovery can begin. To learn more, please call us at 877-825-8584.

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References:

1. Hudson, J. I., Hiripi, E., Pope, H. G., & Kessler, R. C. (2007). The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the national comorbidity survey replication. Biological Psychiatry, 61(3), 348–358.
2. Ulfvebrand, S., Birgegard, A., Norring, C., Hogdahl, L., & von Hausswolff-Juhlin, Y. (2015). Psychiatric comorbidity in women and men with eating disorders results from a large clinical database. Psychiatry Research, 230(2), 294-299.
3. Berkman ND, Brownley KA, Peat CM, Lohr KN, Cullen KE, Morgan LC, Bann CM, Wallace IF, Bulik CM. Management and Outcomes of Binge-Eating Disorder. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 160.
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11466589

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