The average weight loss with drugs used to treat binge-eating disorder was 7.8 pounds or 3.2 percent of body weight according to a review paper by researchers at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Topmax (topiramate) slightly reduces binge eating and causes an average weight loss of 9.9 pounds in binge eaters according to a study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The fat-blocking drug Xenical (orlistat) in addition to a mildly reduced calorie diet helped obese patient with binge eating disorder lose 7.4 percent of their body weight in six months compared to 2.3 percent for those given a placebo and following the same diet according to a new study from Switzerland.

Binge eaters who stopped their binge eating with the help of therapy lost an average of 13.6 pounds in five months compared to a weight gain of 1.5 pounds for those who did not stop according to a new study from the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Zonegran (zonisamide) reduces binge eating completely in about half of people given the drug and causes an average weight loss of about 18 pounds according to a recent study from

Binge eating disorder is estimated to affect 1.5 to 2 percent of the U.S. population, 8 to 30 percent of those seeking standard weight loss treatments, up to half of those seeking weight loss surgery, and 70 percent of people who participate in Overeaters Anonymous according to a recent paper.

Topamax (topiramate) helped a 27-year-old woman with binge eating disorder whereas several other treatments had failed according to a case report from Italy.

Binge Eating Disorder, that is eating large amounts of food in short period of time, occurs in 20-50 percent of people seeking weight loss treatment compared to only 2 percent in the general population according to according to the U.S. NIH’s Obesity Guidelines (p. 21).

Women consuming a 1,000 calories per day including four servings of a liquid meal replacement (Optifast 800) lost an average of 12.1 percent of their body weight after five months compared to 7.8 percent for another group eating a 1,200 to 1,500 calorie per day diet versus 0.1 percent for non-dieting control group according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Binge eating disorder affects 30 percent of those seeking weight control treatments and 70 percent of people in Overeaters Anonymous compared to 2 to 5 percent in the general population according to a recent paper from Austria.

People with binge eating disorder given Meridia (sibutramine) lost 16.3 pounds in three months compared to a weight gain of 3.1 pounds for those given a placebo according to a study from Brazil.

People with binge eating disorder given Topamax (topiramate) lost 9 pounds in four months according to a study from Brazil.

Women who engage in binge eating gained 5 pounds more in next 8-12 years than women who did not according to a study from researchers Harvard Medical School.

Obese patient with binge eating disorder have a higher body mass index (BMI) than obese patient without this disorde, and have attempted to lose weight more times according to study from Switzerland.

A history of major depression is much more common among obese people with night eating syndrome than obese people without this syndrome according to a 1955 study (Stunkard et al, 1955, unpublished data as referenced in Stunkard et al, 2003).

People who suffer from binge eating disorder (BED) are much more likely to have a history of major depression than obese people without binge eating disorder according to Yanovski (1993). 

Topamax (topiramate) causes weight loss and reduces binge eating according to a recent study from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

STOPPING BINGE EATING appears to be critical for sustained weight loss in people with binge eating disorder.