Binge eating in obesity.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the influence of dieting and of body shape dissatisfaction on binge eating.


METHODS
Longitudinal study following billiopancreatic diversion (BPD), when the body shape has become normal or nearly normal, and any worries over weight, dieting and food have probably been abandoned completely.


METHODS
65 severely obese patients, evaluated by clinical semistructured interview for occurrence of binge eating episodes prior to, and at one and at two years following BPD.


RESULTS
Whereas preoperative binge eating had been reported by 65% of the obese individuals, at two years following BPD binge eating occurred only in 9.2% of them.


CONCLUSIONS
Weight stabilisation following BPD is associated with a sharp improvement in control over food intake, and this suggests the central role of dieting and/or of body dissatisfaction in causing binge eating episodes.
Adami
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Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica I, Università di Genova, Italy. adami@gecuniv.cisi.unige.it
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D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology