title: Negative Emotional Eating among Obese Individuals with and without Binge Eating Behavior and Night Eating Syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess and compare negative emotional eating among individuals with and without Night Eating Syndrome (NES) and Binge Eating behavior (BE).
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 76 obese participants, who were divided into four groups: the NES Only group; the BEOnly group; the BE and NES group; and the overweight control group with neither BE or NES.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RESULTS showed significantly higher negative emotional eating among the BEOnly group, whereas those with NES Only did not report eating in direct response to negative emotions and situations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RESULTS suggest that individuals with BE may be using food as a maladaptive coping mechanism, while individuals with NES eat in the evening hours as a way to avoid the experience of negative emotions.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital and New York Obesity Research Center Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roher
authors.affiliation: University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa, Israel Eating Disorders Clinic, Division of Psychiatry, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Latzer
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital and New York Obesity Research Center Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A Touro College, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geliebter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult