title: A comparison of energy intake and food selection during laboratory binge eating episodes in obese women with and without a binge eating disorder diagnosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. raymo002@umb.edu
authors.forename: Nancy C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Lindsay T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Bartholome
authors.forename: Susanne S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Roseann E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Raatz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity