Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Take a look at some of the facts and statistics for compulsive overeating disorder.
- It is estimated that more than 30% higher weight patients attempting to lose weight meet diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder (BED) and/or bulimia nervosa (BN)
- A complex set of hormones influence and determine hunger and satiety cues as well as how we feel, think and behave around food; an individual’s weight and eating behaviors are largely determined by neurobiology rather than one’s “motivation” or drive to lose weight.
- Biological and genetic factors prime a subset of the population to overeat
- More than one-third of adults in the US are obese, and approximately 17% of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese (Journal of American Medicine (JAMA))
- Obese individuals have a 20% elevated risk of depression. Specifically for Caucasian, college-educated individuals with obesity, the depression risk increases to 44 percent. (www.obesityaction.org)
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Take a look at some of the facts and statistics for compulsive overeating disorder.
- It is estimated that more than 30% higher weight patients attempting to lose weight meet diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder (BED) and/or bulimia nervosa (BN)
- A complex set of hormones influence and determine hunger and satiety cues as well as how we feel, think and behave around food; an individual’s weight and eating behaviors are largely determined by neurobiology rather than one’s “motivation” or drive to lose weight.
- Biological and genetic factors prime a subset of the population to overeat
- More than one-third of adults in the US are obese, and approximately 17% of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese (Journal of American Medicine (JAMA))
- Obese individuals have a 20% elevated risk of depression. Specifically for Caucasian, college-educated individuals with obesity, the depression risk increases to 44 percent. (www.obesityaction.org)
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