I had a binge eating disorder for over half my life and didn’t leave the house until it was dark, says James Argent

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JAMES Argent has opened up about suffering from a binge eating disorder and how body issues affected his life. The Towie star appeared on Loose Women alongside mum Patricia to discuss the disorder that led to him having gastric sleeve surgery last year.

Arg, 34, said: "I've been suffering from a binge eating disorder for over half my life." He met with Jess Griffiths from the eating disorder charity Beat, who said the potential signs to look out for are: "Social withdrawal, more obsession around food, feeling a lot more tired, feeling a lot more irritable." Arg said: "Those are literally all the points I was dealing with and going through." When asked who recognised the signs in him, Arg smiled and said: "My mum did, massively." Later in the clip Arg met with mum Patricia, who revealed when she first noticed something wasn't right with her son.

She said: "Lockdown is when it started to creep up on you, you were putting on weight every week, not moving as much as you could've been, you didn’t seem happy, it was hard to see you so uncomfortable.” @font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.svg#') format('svg');font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-display:swap;}@font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.svg#').