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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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# [Psych News Alert: Binge Eating May Be Linked to Substance Abuse](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/04/binge-eating-may-be-linked-to-substance.html)

 Written by [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) | 4/30/12 4:00 AM

<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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