• Being preoccupied with body shape and weight
• Living in fear of gaining weight
• Repeated episodes of eating abnormally large amounts of food in one sitting
• Feeling a loss of control during bingeing
• Forceful vomiting or exercising too much to keep from gaining weight after bingeing
• Using laxatives, diuretics, or enemas after eating when they're not needed
• Fasting, restricting calories, or avoiding certain foods between binges
• Using dietary supplements or herbal products excessively for weight loss

Criterion A. Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:

1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g. within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most individuals would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances.
2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g. a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).

Criterion B. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviours in order to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.

Criterion C. The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviours both occur, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.

Criterion D. Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.

Criterion E. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa.

Specifiers:

• Remission specifier:
  • In partial remission
  • In full remission
• Severity specifier:
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe
  • Extreme