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. 1993 Jan;13(1):25-33.
doi: 10.1002/1098-108x(199301)13:1<25::aid-eat2260130104>3.0.co;2-t.

Assessment of binge eating in obese patients

G T Wilson  1 , C A Nonas, G D Rosenblum
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Assessment of binge eating in obese patients

G T Wilson et al. Int J Eat Disord. 1993 Jan.

Abstract

Obese patients entering a weight control program were classified as binge eaters if they reported uncontrolled consumption of what others would regard as an unusually large amount of food at least once a week for the previous month. Binge eaters differed significantly from nonbingers across a broad range of eating and weight-related characteristics assessed using a self-report version of the Eating Disorder Examination. Attitudinal differences were marked. The results provided no support for the view that obese binge eaters have a pattern of general "addictiveness" to psychoactive substances or other activities.

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