A comparison of energy intake and food selection during laboratory binge eating episodes in obese women with and without a binge eating disorder diagnosis.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the study was to compare energy intake and food selection of laboratory binge eating episodes in obese women with and without binge eating disorder (BED).


METHODS
Twenty women, 12 meeting BED criteria, and 8 BMI and age matched obese controls, engaged in a laboratory binge eating episode.


RESULTS
BED participants consumed significantly more total food in kilocalories than the non-BED obese group and more kilocalories of fat. However, there were no differences between the groups in the proportion of calories from any macronutrient. There was a nonsignificant trend for the BED group to consume more total grams of food. During the binge, the BED group consumed more dairy products.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of the study confirmed that women with BED consumed significantly more total food in kilocalories than the non-BED obese women when they were allowed to have a binge eating episode in a laboratory setting.
Raymond
Nancy C
NC
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. raymo002@umb.edu
Bartholome
Lindsay T
LT
Lee
Susanne S
SS
Peterson
Roseann E
RE
Raatz
Susan K
SK
D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity