Objective: To estimate the frequency of binge eating and binge eating disorder and their correlates in a sample of women with a history of obesity. Method: A group of women who had been found in a previous community study to have a body mass index Ն30 were studied using self-report measures (n ϭ 74)
Prevalence of binge eating and associated factors in a Brazilian probability sample of midlife women
✍ Scribed by de Freitas, Silvia Regina ;Appolinario, José Carlos ;de Moura Souza, Amanda ;Sichieri, Rosely
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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