title: [Binge Eating Disorder: Prevalence, Associated Factors and Obesity in University Students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Binge eating disorder (BED) is a disorder of eating behavior that can affect people of all ages.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of BED according to criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V, associated factors and their relationship to obesity in university students at Barquisimeto (Venezuela), between September 2013 and February 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  A study was conducted on a sample of 497 university students of both sexes (371 females), between 18 and 28 years old. A questionnaire was applied and anthropometric measurements were recorder: Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (CW) and waist-height ratio (WHR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of BED was 3.20%. Factors associated with BED were body image dissatisfaction, family dysfunction, and depressive symptoms. BED was significantly associated with global obesity and central obesity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes in diagnostic criteria of BED, introduced in DSM-V, do not appear to increase the prevalence of BED. Important psychosocial factors associated with BED were identified. BED was strongly associated with global and central obesity. Further studies need to be carried out, withmore rigorous designs to elucidate the effects of the new definition by DSM-V, and to determine the causal nature of the associations found.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Salud Pública, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela. Electronic address: adaucioucla@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adaucio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gómes
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Baudimar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Francismar
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Greidys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: León
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Anny
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majano
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Daniuska
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Mairoly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Estudiante del 6(o) Año de Medicina, Decanato de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology; D055105:Waist Circumference; D065927:Waist-Height Ratio; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adult; Adulto; Binge eating disorder; Obesidad; Obesity; Trastorno por atracón