Jazz Jennings Opens Up About 100-Pound Weight Gain And Battle With Binge-Eating Disorder

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Jazz Jennings is speaking candidly about her struggles with her weight and an eating disorder. On Friday, the transgender activist and reality star, 20, posted two photos of herself on Instagram, one recent and one from a few years ago, showing the weight she has gained in that time. “As many of you have noticed, over the past few years, I have gained a substantial amount of weight,” Jennings wrote in the caption of the photos. “I suffer from binge-eating disorder, a disease in which I’m not only addicted to food, but I eat it in large quantities.” RELATED: Jazz Jennings Talks Growing Acceptance Of Trans People And The Backlash It Has Inspired Binge-eating disorder (B.E.D.) is the most common eating disorder in the U.S., according to the