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Sleep‐wake cycles in obese adolescents with and without binge eating episodes
Author(s) -
Tzischinsky Orna,
Latzer Yael
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.674
Subject(s) - binge eating , obesity , binge eating disorder , psychology , eating disorders , sleep (system call) , actigraphy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , bulimia nervosa , insomnia , computer science , operating system
Objective The current study was conducted in order to assess sleep‐wake cycles among obese (OB) adolescents with/and without binge eating behavior as compared to normal‐weight (NW) control group. Method The OB group consisted of 32 adolescents (age range 12–18). All participants received a diagnosis of primary obesity. The OB group was subdivided into two groups: obese with binge eating (OB–BE) and obese without binge eating (OB–non‐BE). The OB–BE diagnosis was made in accordance with partial criteria of DSM‐IV for binge eating disorder (BED). A NW control group comprised 12 adolescents. Sleep‐wake cycles were monitored for 1 week, using mini‐actigraphs and self‐report questionnaires. Results Actigraphic monitoring revealed no significant differences in objective and subjective sleep‐wake cycles between groups. Forty‐eight percent of the obese adolescents reported uncontrolled binge eating episodes. Discussion The results were discussed in light of the contrast to previous results, which indicated that sleep disturbances among adolescents were not directly related to obesity, but rather to physical activity level. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.