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Medical morbidity in binge eating disorder
Cynthia M Bulik1, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
1Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. cynthia_bulik@med.unc.edu
The International Journal of Eating Disorders
|August 6, 2003
Abstract
Objective:
To explore the extent to which binge eating disorder (BED) is associated with medical morbidity.
Method:
We reviewed all existing studies on the effects of BED on physical health.
Results:
BED may be associated with medical morbidity independent of the effects of comorbid psychopathology or comorbid obesity.
Discussion:
Additional research specifically designed to explore the effects of BED on physical health in both clinical and community samples is required before definitive conclusions can be drawn.