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Binge eating disorder and obesity in 2003: Could treating an eating disorder have a positive effect on the obesity epidemic?
Author(s) -
Yanovski Susan Z.
Publication year - 2003
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/eat.10211
Subject(s) - binge eating disorder , binge eating , obesity , weight loss , etiology , eating disorders , psychology , distress , psychiatry , weight gain , medicine , clinical psychology , bulimia nervosa , body weight
Objective The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between binge eating disorder (BED) and obesity. Methods Recent literature relating to the etiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, and treatment of binge eating disorder was reviewed. Results The data suggest that binge eating may be a contributor to the development of obesity in susceptible individuals. Although eating disorders treatment in the absence of obesity treatment does not result in large weight losses, amelioration of binge eating does result in small weight losses and decreased weight regain over time. Discussion Our challenge in the future is to understand better the ways in which BED and obesity co‐exist, and to find treatment strategies that will relieve the distress and dysfunction due to this disordered eating while enhancing appropriate weight loss or preventing further weight gain. Published 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. † Int J Eat Disord 34: S117–S120, 2003.