Only the last few years have medical professionals actually begun to recognize that binge eating is another eating disorder. Yes we are all pretty familiar with anorexia and bulumia because of the noteriety they have gained because famous people are always admitting they suffered from them. But where as with bulimia once the food has been eaten the person will then try different ways of purging it from their body as soon as possible. However with binge eating rather than not eating enough or trying to expel it from their body a person will eat loads and so it is a completely different kind of eating disorder altogether.

There are a large number of famous people with eating disorders, and just like us they prefer to keep it a secret. But certainly back in the 1980's the problem of anorexia become very big news following the death of Karen Carpenter who suffer from this particular eating disorder.

Even though anorexia is the most widely recognized of the various different eating disorders by the medical community. Those that actually suffer from the one known as bulimia should not feel that this condition is a much less serious one. In fact when it comes to eating disorders, bulimia can be just as destructive to a person's health as anorexia is.