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. 2010 Feb 28;175(3):233-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.027.

The prevalence of night eating syndrome and binge eating disorder among overweight and obese individuals with serious mental illness

Jennifer D Lundgren  1 , Melisa V Rempfer, Catana E Brown, Jeannine Goetz, Edna Hamera
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The prevalence of night eating syndrome and binge eating disorder among overweight and obese individuals with serious mental illness

Jennifer D Lundgren et al. Psychiatry Res. .

Abstract

The prevalence of night eating syndrome (NES) and binge eating disorder (BED) was assessed among overweight and obese, weight-loss-seeking individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). Sixty-eight consecutive overweight (BMI > or = 25 kg/m(2)) and obese (BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2)) individuals with SMI (mean age = 43.9 years; mean BMI = 37.2 kg/(2); 67.6% Caucasian, 60.3% female) who were enrolled in a group behavioral weight loss treatment program were assessed at baseline for NES and BED with clinician-administered diagnostic interviews. Using conservative criteria, 25.0% met criteria for NES, 5.9% met criteria for BED, and only one participant met criteria for both NES and BED. This is the first study to find that obese individuals with SMI, compared with previously studied populations, are at significantly greater risk for NES, but are not at greater risk for BED. Stress, sleep, and medication use might account for the high prevalence of NES found in this population.

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