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The night eating syndrome and bulimia in the morbidly obese
Author(s) -
Kuldau John M.,
Rand Colleen S. W.
Publication year - 1986
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 - 10.1002/1098-108x(198601)5:1<143::aid-eat2260050114>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - morbidly obese , pathological , psychology , bulimia nervosa , clinical psychology , obesity , psychiatry , eating disorders , medicine , weight loss
The relationship between two pathological eating syndromes, the night eat‐ ing syndrome (NES)and bulimia, was examined in a sample of 1 74 morbidly obese adults. The prevalence of NES (15%) and bulimia (2%) was greater among the morbidly obese compared to the normal weight sample (under 1 % for both syndromes). The scales measuring NES and bulimia were posi‐ tively correlated and both were positively related to measures of psychoneu‐ roticism.