Assessment of binge eating in obese patients.
Obese patients entering a weight control program were classified as binge eaters if they reported uncontrolled consumption of what others would regard as an unusually large amount of food at least once a week for the previous month. Binge eaters differed significantly from nonbingers across a broad range of eating and weight-related characteristics assessed using a self-report version of the Eating Disorder Examination. Attitudinal differences were marked. The results provided no support for the view that obese binge eaters have a pattern of general "addictiveness" to psychoactive substances or other activities.
Wilson
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Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
Nonas
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Rosenblum
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013649:Taste