title: Medical morbidity in binge eating disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the extent to which binge eating disorder (BED) is associated with medical morbidity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed all existing studies on the effects of BED on physical health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BED may be associated with medical morbidity independent of the effects of comorbid psychopathology or comorbid obesity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional research specifically designed to explore the effects of BED on physical health in both clinical and community samples is required before definitive conclusions can be drawn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. cynthia_bulik@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reichborn-Kjennerud
mesh_terms: D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors