Sabrina: Hi, my name is Sabrina. I'm from Los Angeles, California and I wanted to know what is binge eating and what are the health risks?Jill Kindy: Sabrina, binge eating disorder is a mental health disorder and it is characterized by eating large quantities of food in small amount of time. The health risks associated with binge eating disorder include most of the things that go along with obesity because typically as you can imagine someone who is eating large amounts of food, a lot of times these people will gain weight. So, some of the things that we see are high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.