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

"GLP-1 therapies appear to have multiple synergistic effects that may be useful for treating chronic diseases with overlapping neural mechanisms, including binge eating disorders and addictive disorders."

From Science Daily

They are concerned that encouraging abstinence from particular foods could trigger binge eating and extreme dieting to compensate.

From Salon

She first opened up about her restrictive diet and binge eating in her 2001 autobiography, “Learning to Fly.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sinead Quinn, from Londonderry, said binge eating compulsions had made her "a prisoner in her own home, afraid of food and afraid of herself".

From BBC

Binge eating disorder involves regularly eating a lot of food over a short period of time until you are uncomfortably full.

From BBC