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Binge eating
About: Binge eating is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5600 publications have been published within this topic receiving 268364 citations.
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TL;DR: Eating disorders, although relatively uncommon, represent a public health concern because they are frequently associated with other psychopathology and role impairment, and are frequently under-treated.
4,304 citations
TL;DR: Although the two measures performed similarly with respect to the assessment of unambiguous behavioral features such as self-induced vomiting and dieting, the self-report questionnaire generated higher scores than the interview when assessing more complex featuressuch as binge eating and concerns about shape.
Abstract: A detailed comparison was made of two methods for assessing the features of eating disorders. An investigator-based interview was compared with a self-report questionnaire based directly on that interview. A number of important discrepancies emerged. Although the two measures performed similarly with respect to the assessment of unambiguous behavioral features such as self-induced vomiting and dieting, the self-report questionnaire generated higher scores than the interview when assessing more complex features such as binge eating and concerns about shape. Both methods underestimated body weight.
4,250 citations
TL;DR: It is proposed that binge eating is motivated by a desire to escape from self-awareness, and the escape model is capable of integrating much of the available evidence about binge eating.
Abstract: This article proposes that binge eating is motivated by a desire to escape from self-awareness. Binge eaters suffer from high standards and expectations, especially an acute sensitivity to the difficult (perceived) demands of others. When they fall short of these standards, they develop an aversive pattern of high self-awareness, characterized by unflattering views of self and concern over how they are perceived by others. These aversive self-perceptions are accompanied by emotional distress, which often includes anxiety and depression. To escape from this unpleasant state, binge eaters attempt the cognitive response of narrowing attention to the immediate stimulus environment and avoiding broadly meaningful thought. This narrowing of attention disengages normal inhibitions against eating and fosters an uncritical acceptance of irrational beliefs and thoughts. The escape model is capable of integrating much of the available evidence about binge eating.
2,095 citations
TL;DR: The results showed that the Binge Eating Scale successfully discriminated among persons judged by trained interviewers to have either no, moderate or severe binge eating problems, such that severe bingers tended to set up diets which were unrealistically strict while reporting low efficacy expectations to sustain a diet.
1,807 citations
TL;DR: Only a minority of people who meet stringent diagnostic criteria for eating disorders are seen in mental health care, and the incidence of anorexia nervosa increased over the past century, until the 1970s.
Abstract: Objective
To review the literature on the incidence and prevalence of eating disorders
Methods
We searched Medline using several key terms relating to epidemiology and eating disorders and we checked the reference lists of the articles that we found Special attention has been paid to methodologic problems affecting the selection of populations under study and the identification of cases
Results
An average prevalence rate for anorexia nervosa of 03% was found for young females The prevalence rates for bulimia nervosa were 1% and 01% for young women and young men, respectively The estimated prevalence of binge eating disorder is at least 1% The incidence of anorexia nervosa is 8 cases per 100,000 population per year and the incidence of bulimia nervosa is 12 cases per 100,000 population per year The incidence of anorexia nervosa increased over the past century, until the 1970s
Discussion
Only a minority of people who meet stringent diagnostic criteria for eating disorders are seen in mental health care © 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc Int J Eat Disord 34: 383–396, 2003
1,490 citations