Binge-eating disorder in obese adolescent girls.
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.
Berkowitz
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Stunkard
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Stallings
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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