Criteria for diagnosis

• Recurrent episodes of binge eating, eating abnormally large amount of food with lack of control
• Eating rapidly and eats until physically uncomfortable.
• Eating until you are uncomfortably full
• Eating large amounts when you are not hungry.
• Eating alone out of embarrassment; or feeling disgusted, irritated, depressed or and even guilty after eating.
• Binge eating occurs at least twice-thrice a week for at least five- six months.
• Binge eating disorder is not associated with other inappropriate methods to compensate for overeating, such as self-induced vomiting.

 Treatment and drugs

 Psychotherapy:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy- Helps to cope better with triggering factors in binge-eating episodes, and negative feelings like depressed mood.
• Interpersonal therapy: The goal is to improve the interpersonal skills with family, friends, and colleagues.
• Dialectical behavior therapy: Helps to learn behavioral skills to tolerate stress, tension and emotional factors.

Medical treatment:

• Antidepressant: SSRI’s and tricyclic antidepressants
• Anticonvulsants: Topiramate
• Anti obesity drugs: Sibutramine

Behavioral weight loss programs

• Weight loss programs focus on losing excess body weight.
• However, weight-loss programs, that are not medically supervised, may not be appropriate for everyone with binge-eating disorder.
• Weight loss programs may also address issues that tend to trigger binges, but often to a lesser extent than psychotherapy does.

Lifestyle and home remedies

• Don’t skip treatment therapy session
• Avoid dieting this can trigger more binge episodes
• Not to stock up foods, keep less food in the home.
• Eat balanced and healthy diet
• Aerobic exercises like brisk walking, swimming, and jogging.