Weight and shape overconcern and emotional eating in binge eating disorder.
| Autor: | Eldredge KL; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA., Agras WS |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The International journal of eating disorders [Int J Eat Disord] 1996 Jan; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 73-82. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199601)19:1<73::AID-EAT9>3.0.CO;2-T |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: This study investigated two issues: the level of weight and shape concerns, and the self-reported tendency to eat in response to negative emotions among obese individuals with binge eating disorder (BED), eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS), and no eating disorder (CONTROL). Method: On the basis of demographic and diagnostic surveys, 156 participants in a weight loss program were categorized on two dimensions, eating disorder category and weight (BED vs. EDNOS vs. CONTROL/low vs. high body mass index), yielding a 2 x 3 experimental design. Results: Individuals with BED reported a greater tendency to eat in response to negative mood states than CONTROL subjects and low weight EDNOS subjects, but not high weight EDNOS subjects. Weight did not influence self-reported weight and shape concerns. Individuals with BED expressed greater concern for weight and shape than non-eating disordered CONTROLs. Discussion: The findings suggest that overconcern with weight and shape be further investigated as a diagnostic feature of BED and that emotional eating is associated with BED but not obesity per se. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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