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title: "Psych News Alert: Binge Eating May Be Linked to Substance Abuse"
description: A history of binge eating a large amount of fatty food may be linked to the development of substance abuse, Penn State College of Medicine r...
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 4/30/12 12:00 AM

# Binge Eating May Be Linked to Substance Abuse

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[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MethMolecule_2036008-Jun-24-2025-07-21-42-2160-PM.jpg?width=213&height=320&name=MethMolecule_2036008-Jun-24-2025-07-21-42-2160-PM.jpg)](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MethMolecule_2036008-Jun-24-2025-07-21-41-2826-PM.jpg) A history of binge eating a large amount of fatty food may be linked to the development of substance abuse, Penn State College of Medicine researchers reported April 24 online in *Behavioral Neuroscience. * The researchers found an association between bingeing on fat and the development of cocaine-seeking and of cocaine-taking behaviors in rats. Binge-eating disorder may also be added to *DSM-5. *"In the 20 years since publication of *DSM-IV, *there have  been more than 1,000 papers published on binge-eating disorder," Timothy Walsh, M.D., chair of the Feeding and Eating Disorders Work Group for *DSM-5, *told *Psychiatric News. *For more information on this subject, see [*Psychiatric News*](http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=181255) .

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