title: Eating behavior and other distracting behaviors while driving among patients with eating disorders.
abstract: The current study sought to better characterize eating behavior, binge-eating behavior, and other potentially problematic, distracting behaviors while driving in patients with eating disorders. Forty patients with eating disorders who reported eating in their car at least once per week were included. Thirty subjects with eating disorders reported binge-eating while driving. A surprisingly high number of subjects reported engaging in a variety of distracting behaviors, including changing clothes, reading, applying make-up, and combing/brushing their hair while driving. Potentially problematic behaviors such as binge-eating while driving should be inquired about during assessment, and if found should be addressed in treatment planning.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Zwaan
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
authors.forename: Ross D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roerig
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burgard
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Janeen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Voxland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014839:Vomiting / Q000523:psychology