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Night eating and binge eating disorder in obese patients
G F Adami1, A Meneghelli, N Scopinaro
1Department of Surgery, University of Genoa, Italy. adami@unige.it
The International Journal of Eating Disorders
|April 7, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
To investigate the relationships between binge eating disorder and night eating in severely obese patients.
Design:
Longitudinal study following biliopancreatic diversion, when any preoccupation with food and weight is completely abandoned.
Materials And Methods:
Structured interview prior to the operation and at the 1, 2, and 3-year follow-up visit.
Results:
Nearly complete disappearance of binging behavior and no changes in the frequency of night eating.
Conclusion:
Binge eating and night eating are widely overlapping but different behaviors; night eating appears to be fully independent of preoccupation with food and dieting.