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Subthreshold binge eating disorder
Author(s) -
StriegelMoore Ruth H.,
Dohm F. A.,
Solomon E. E.,
Fairburn C. G.,
Pike K. M.,
Wilfley D. E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200004)27:3<270::aid-eat3>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - binge eating disorder , distress , binge eating , body mass index , overeating , psychology , psychiatry , eating disorders , clinical psychology , medicine , obesity , bulimia nervosa , pathology
Objective To examine the clinical features of subthreshold binge eating disorder (BED). Method Participants were recruited directly from the community as part of an ongoing study of risk factors for BED. Forty‐four women with subthreshold BED were compared with 44 women with BED and 44 healthy controls on demographic characteristics, body mass index (BMI), eating disorder symptomatology, and psychiatric distress. Diagnoses were established using the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE). Participants completed the EDE‐Questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory, and were measured and weighed. Results Adjusting for significant group differences in BMI, the two eating disorder groups did not differ significantly on measures of weight and shape concern, restraint, psychiatric distress, and history of seeking treatment for an eating or weight problem. Discussion Given the importance of diagnostic status for access to treatment, further evaluation of the severity criterion specified for BED is needed. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 27: 270–278, 2000.