It has been found that in T2DM patients, weight gain, body dissatisfaction,
history of dieting and depression play a role in the development
of eating disorders [11]. It has also been established that themost common
eating disorder is binge eating disorder (BED) in this group [6]. The
prevalence of BED in the general population is 3.5% in females and 2% in
males [12], while it has been reported in studies of T2DM patients that
the prevalence is in the range of 2.5%–25.6% [13,6]. BED is a disorder
that is included under the eating disorder not otherwise specified
(EDNOS) diagnostic category in DSM-IV. The research diagnostic criteria
for BED are listed in Annex B of DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR [14]. BED is quite
similar to bulimia nervosa which is recurrent episodes of binge eating
and losing control of eating during these episodes. BED does not involve
inappropriate compensatory behaviors that occur in bulimia nervosa for
the aimof avoidingweight gain, such as use of laxatives, excessive exercise
and vomiting, whereas BED involves eating more rapidly than normal,
eating despite lack of physical hunger, and eating until feeling
uncomfortably full. Eating episodes that involve these criteria happen
for at least 6months and at least two times a week. In the studies conducted
with T2DM patients, BED has been a focus [15]. In this patient
group, dietary limitations may cause disorders in eating attitudes and
binge eating episodes [16]. It is reported that patients with BED show