title: Binge eating behavior and weight loss maintenance over a 2-year period.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between binge eating behavior and weight loss maintenance over a two-year period in adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis using the Keep It Off study, a randomized trial evaluating an intervention to promote weight loss maintenance.
  
  
  METHODS
  419 men and women (ages: 20 to 70 y; BMI: 20-44 kg/m2) who had intentionally lost ≥10% of their weight during the previous year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Body weight was measured and binge eating behavior over the past 6 months was reported at baseline, 12 months and 24 months. Height was measured at baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of binge eating at baseline was 19.4% (n = 76). Prevalence of binge eating at any time point was 30.1% (n = 126). Although rate of weight regain did not differ significantly between those who did or did not report binge eating at baseline, binge eating behavior across the study period (additive value of presence or absence at each time point) was significantly associated with different rates of weight regain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tailoring weight loss maintenance interventions to address binge eating behavior is warranted given the prevalence and the different rates of weight regain experienced by those reporting this behavior.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
authors.forename: Carly R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pacanowski
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA ; HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, 8170 33rd Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Senso
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0200-4147
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oriogun
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA ; HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, 8170 33rd Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.
authors.forename: A Lauren
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Crain
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA ; HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, 8170 33rd Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Sherwood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015430:Weight Gain; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult