binge eating

American  

noun

1. a usually brief period or bout of excessive eating.

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Etymology

Origin of binge eating

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Indeed, she says, some of the same drugs and strategies that seek to reverse detrimental habits in other compulsive disorders might work for binge eating.

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Another brain scanning method, positron emission tomography, revealed something else: In the people with eating disorders, the fewer receptors they had for the neurotransmitter dopamine, which plays a critical role in reward and habit learning, the more likely they were to engage in binge eating behaviors.

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“This research would support the use of similar classes on medication for binge eating disorders,” Boswell says.

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The findings make sense given that researchers have suspected both binge eating and bulimia are compulsive habits, says co-author Allan Wang, a medical student.

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An approved drug for binge eating disorder called Vyvanse works by increasing the levels of dopamine throughout the brain.

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