Status and utility of a new diagnostic category: binge eating disorder

Two-Day Food Diaries as Tools for Assessment of Disordered Eating Behavior in Candidates for Bariatric Surgery

“…6 Numerous experts consider self-monitoring through food diaries to be one of the most essential features of behavioral treatments for obesity. 3,4,64 Although better known as a treatment technique than as a diagnostic tool, food diaries can be extremely helpful in assessing both nutritional problems and disordered eating behavior. The principle of establishing a baseline before instituting behavior changes is in part diagnostic.…”

Topiramate Use in Obese Patients with Binge Eating Disorder: An Open Study

“…State In sti tute of Dia be tes and En do cri nol ogy of Rio de Ja neiro (IEDE), Rio de Ja neiro, Bra zil. 2 Staff Psy chia trist, Obe sity and Eat ing Dis or ders Group of the In sti tute of Psy chia try of the Fed eral Uni ver sity of Rio de Ja neiro (IPUB/UFRJ) and State In sti tute of Dia be tes and En do cri nol ogy of Rio de Ja neiro (IEDE), Rio de Ja neiro, Bra zil. 3 Resi dent in Psy chia try, In sti tute of Psy chia try of the Fed eral Uni ver sity of Rio de Ja neiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Rio de Ja neiro, Bra zil.…”

“…B inge Eat ing Dis or der (BED) is a novel di ag nos tic en tity char ac ter ized by re cur rent binge eat ing epi sodes with out any of the sub se quent com pen sa tory be hav iour com monly seen in pa tients with bu li mia (1). Ap proxi mately 30% of patients par tici pat ing in weight-loss pro grams and 70% of in dividu als in Over eat ers Anony mous dis play this con di tion (2).…”

Review of Controlled Psychotherapy Treatment Trials for Binge Eating Disorder

“…Samples drawn from weight-control programs indicate an average prevalence of 30%, and in nonpatient community samples, a rate of 0.7 to 4% has been reported (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Women have been reported to have higher prevalence rates of binge eating disorder (de Zwaan, 1997); however, other studies indicate that prevalence rates approach equivalence for men and women (Spitzer, Yanovski, Wadden, Wing, Marcus, Stunkard, et al, 1993).…”

“…Psychiatric comorbidity is also highly prevalent in individuals with binge eating disorder. In several studies, there appears to be a positive relationship between binge eating and depressive symptoms, as well as a long history of affective disorders (de Zwaan, 1997;Reichborn-Kjennerud, Bulik, Sullivan, Tambs, & Harris, 2004). Some researchers hypothesize that binge eating occurs in some clients in response to emotional stress, so binge eating disorder may be better characterized as a symptom of depression.…”