Binge eating disorder in extreme obesity.

Journal article

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether extremely obese binge eating disorder (BED) subjects (BED defined by the Eating Disorder Examination) differ from their extremely obese non-BED counterparts in terms of their eating disturbances, psychiatric morbidity and health status. DESIGN: Prospective clinical comparison of BED and non-BED subjects undergoing gastric bypass surgery (GBP). SUBJECTS: Thirty seven extremely obese (defined as BMI > or = 40 kg/m(2)) subjects (31 women, six men), aged 22-58 y...

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Authors: Hsu, L; Mulliken, B; McDonagh, B; Krupa Das, S; Rand, W

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1398-1403
• Publication date: 2002-10-01
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802081
• EISSN: 0307-0565
• ISSN: 0307-0565
• Language: English
• Keywords: Gastric Bypass; Attitude; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Adult; Prospective Studies; Male; Questionnaires; Humans; Bulimia; Female