Medical Complications of Binge Eating Disorder

Elizabeth Wassenaar; Julie Friedman; Philip S Mehler

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.010

Medical Complications of Binge Eating Disorder

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;42(2):275-286. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.010. Epub 2019 Apr 2.

Authors

Elizabeth Wassenaar¹, Julie Friedman², Philip S Mehler³

Affiliations

¹ Eating Recovery Center, 98 Spruce Street, Denver, CO 80230, USA. Electronic address: Elizabeth.Wassenaar@eatingrecovery.com.
² Binge Eating Treatment and Recovery, Eating Recovery Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eating Recovery Center Insight, 333 North Michigan Avenue, 19th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601, USA.
³ Eating Recovery Center, ACUTE @ Denver Health, Glassman Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 7351 East Lowry Boulevard, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80230, USA.

PMID: 31046929
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.010

Abstract

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder and is accompanied by multiple medical comorbidities, many of which are associated with obesity-related diseases. However, the BED itself is likely to confer additional risk factors. BED presents with medical symptoms in virtually every body system and can have devastating consequences on both quality and length of life. This review covers the major comorbidities of BED and highlights areas of ongoing research in this disorder.

Keywords: BED; Binge eating disorder; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Binge-Eating Disorder / complications*
Binge-Eating Disorder / epidemiology
Comorbidity
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome / complications*
Obesity / complications*