NEDA Hotline In 1959, psychiatrist Albert Stunkard wrote a paper describing binge eating disorder. At the time, binge eating disorder was not named – but Stunkard described it as an eating pattern that involved consuming an excessive amount of food at irregular times. He described this eating pattern as one that usually happened at night. Eventually, “binge-eating” became the term used to describe excessive eating, no matter what time of day it occurred. Let’s talk history. Before the 1950s, binge-eating would have been hard for the average person to achieve – most people did not have the ability to purchase … Continue reading Eating Disorders: History of Binge-Eating Disorder and Teens