Night eating syndrome in young adult women: prevalence and correlates |
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Authors: | Striegel-Moore Ruth H Dohm Faith-Anne Hook Julie M Schreiber George B Crawford Patricia B Daniels Stephen R |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. rstriegel@wesleyan.edu |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the prevalence and clinical significance of night eating syndrome (NES) in a community cohort of Black and White women. METHOD: We assessed 682 Black and 659 White women for NES, eating disorders, and psychiatric symptomatology. RESULTS: The prevalence was 1.6% (22 of 1,341; Blacks n = 20]; Whites n = 2]). Comparisons between identified Black women and the remaining Black participants revealed no significant differences in obesity, psychiatric comorbidity, or self-reported psychiatric distress. Comorbidity with eating disorders as outlined in the 4th ed. of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association) was low (n = 1 4.5%]). Black NES women were significantly less likely than Black non-NES women to be overweight and significantly more likely to have two or more children. DISCUSSION: NES was rare in this sample of young women. Low comorbidity of NES with other eating disorders suggests that NES may be distinct from the DSM-IV recognized eating disorders. Longitudinal data are needed to determine the long-term health implications of this behavioral pattern. |
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Keywords: | night eating syndrome eating disorders psychiatric symptomatology health implications |
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