title: Binge eating in adults: prevalence and association with obesity, poor self-rated health status and body dissatisfaction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of episodes of binge eating and to assess potential associations with nutritional status, satisfaction with current body weight, self-rated health status and self-rated body weight.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional population-based study. Binge eating was assessed using adapted questions from the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns and was defined as binging one or more times over the last 3 months before the interview.
  
  
  METHODS
  City of Pelotas, southern Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Individuals (n 2097) aged 20-59 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of binge eating and recurrent binge eating was 7.9% and 2.7%, respectively. In the adjusted analysis, obesity, fair/poor self-rated health status and body dissatisfaction remained strongly associated with binge eating.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed a high prevalence of binge eating among adults in Pelotas, being higher among younger women, the obese and those who desired to weigh less. The current results are informative, but longitudinal studies would be needed to demonstrate the causal relationship between these events.
authors.affiliation: 1 Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS, Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovanny Vinícius Araújo
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: de França
authors.affiliation: 1 Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS, Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Petrucci
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gigante
authors.affiliation: 2 Postgraduate Program in Public Health, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Anselmo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Olinto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult