title: Binge-eating disorder in obese adolescent girls.
abstract: Thirty percent of 51 obese adolescent girls seeking treatment for their obesity engaged in binge eating. Two psychometric measures, "disinhibition" and "happiness and satisfaction" predicted 63% of the variance in severity of binge eating. There was no difference in the history of dieting between obese subjects who binged and those who did not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stunkard
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Stallings
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis