People who do not have any control over their emotions and tend to get sad, happy or angry very easily tend to develop binge eating disorders. Those who are always surrounded by negative thoughts and sad circumstances are more likely to binge eat and hence develop this disorder.

Binge eating disorder is also found in people who follow strict diets and weight loss programs. Generally, people suffering from obesity tend to follow strict diet plans and work hard towards losing weight. However, since they have a tendency of overeating, they develop binge eating habits.

Binge eating disorder can also happen due to unstable mental health. Researchers have found that as many as half of the people who binge eat, have suffered from depression, anxiety or sadness in past and, as a result, indulged in over eating or harmful eating habits

Researchers have found evidence that suggests that people who suffer from binge eating problems may have followed a strenuous diet in the past. After dieting for the entire day, people usually tend to overeat or binge eat and, hence, develop the eating disorder over a period of time. 

If anyone in your family, right from your parents to relatives to even siblings, is suffering from binge eating disorder, then there is a very high possibility that you may get affected as well.

While it is true that people of all age groups can develop binge eating disorder, extensive research and surveys carried out by experts have forced them to conclude that binge eating starts in the early twenties. People who have just turned twenty, and even those on the threshold of adolescence, tend to eat irrationally and as a result develop binge eating disorder.

According to experts and scientists, the environment and culture we adopt affect our lives massively and can lead us to binge eat. If a person has been abused sexually or was bullied by someone in the past, then they might get into the habit of using as food for comfort and, as a result, suffer from binge eating disorder.

Psychological factors play a huge role when it comes to developing binge eating disorder. People who have low self esteem and cannot seem to control their impulsive behavior, mood swings and anger have a very high chance of getting affected by binge eating disorder. Those who have a history of depression and cannot manage stress, worries and mood swings are most likely to binge .Some of the other psychological factors that cause binge eating disorder are panic disorders and phobias.

Those who suffer from binge eating disorder have been found to inherit genes that increases their tendency to overeat or eat recklessly. Besides, alteration of some of the chemicals in the brain also causes binge eating disorder. Such people either belong to families where the members have a habit of overeating or focus too much on food.