Night eating syndrome in young adult women: Prevalence and correlates

✍ Scribed by Striegel-Moore, Ruth H. ;Dohm, Faith-Anne ;Hook, Julie M. ;Schreiber, George B. ;Crawford, Patricia B. ;Daniels, Stephen R.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 89 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0276-3478
• DOI: 10.1002/eat.20128

✦ Synopsis

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.