Binge eating disorder, binge eating and psychological distress

Chloé remembers that it was at the age of twelve that she experienced her first eating crisis, one of the characteristic symptoms of binge eating disorder, which is the most common eating disorder (ED) and also... the least known. Marco Solca, head of the scientific clinic at the Espaces de soins pour les troubles du comportement alimentaire (ESCAL) at the HUG, explains how binge eating disorder is characterized (and how it differs from bulimia) and how it can be managed.