But there is a move underfoot to make it a separate classification, since its incidence seems to be growing.
Most people overeat from time to time, but binge eating is tinged with a definite lack of control.
Binge eaters will buy a box of doughnuts on the way home from work, and before they know it they have eaten it and are buying another one. Often the first mouthful is premeditated, after which comes the 'What the hell syndrome,' in which you feel like you've already blown it so it doesn't matter what you eat. Most people overeat from time to time, but binge eating is tinged with a definite lack of control. It felt like if only I could eat another one, and I did, I could crawl into the BLT and feel wonderful. There was no connection with my body at that moment.