If a person has episodes of uncontrollable eating then the person is said to have a problem of bingeeating.
When a person shows a tendency of frequent and recurring binge eating then the person is said to have binge eating disorder.
Binge eating disorder is differentiated from another similar problem which is known as bulimia nervosa.
In the case of binge eating disorder a person has a tendency of binge eating but without purging, unlike bulimia nervosa where purging is a characteristic feature.
Purging is an attempt to get rid of the excess food consumed and this attempt is not made in case of binge eating.
