BINGE-EATING THAT PLAGUES ADULTS NOW RECOGNIZED AS A DISORDER
             Many people binge once in a while, like at the holiday season or even just stress related. But when you do it constantly it gets to be a problem. Specialist Karen Eselson Belding says, "Binge-eating disorder is when an individual repeatedly consumes extremely large quantities of food-several thousand calories at a time-in an effort to cope with whatever is bothering them emotionally, like depression, grief of boredom." This disorder affects 2% to 5% of Americans. It is way more widespread than anorexic or bulimic.
             Most binge-eaters let food control their lives. They eat as much as they can, then sleep for eight or more hours. Yet binge-eaters are good at hiding their problem, friends and family usually don't recognize a binge. Although some people might not think that binge eating is not as dangerous as anorexia or bulimia, they are wrong. If the person has diabetes, hypertension, or other chronic weight triggered conditions, they are also in great deals of trouble. Another difference that separates this disorder with another is that who it strikes. Anorexic and bulimic sufferers are 90-95% female. On the other hand, binge eating effects both men and women; men about one-third, and woman less than two thirds. Most binge eaters are overweight and find themselves as failures. Numerous surveys show that one third of people enrolled in weight loss programs are binge eaters. Experts are not positive on what causes binge eating, but believes it is a psychological basis and stress related.
             There are certain treatment options for binge eating disorders, such as cognitive behavior therapy, psychoanalysis, and anti-depressant medications, such as Prozac.
             Through cognitive therapy, a therapist teaches the patient to understand the connection between feelings and episodes of bingeing. Counselors do not give the patients a diet to follow or does not tell them what foods are
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