Nonnormative eating behavior and psychopathology in prebariatric patients with binge-eating disorder and night eating syndrome

4.3% of prebariatric patients met the diagnostic criteria for full-syndrome binge-eating disorder (BED), while 8.2% met criteria for night eating syndrome (NES).

• 8.6% of patients met subsyndromal criteria for BED, and 6.9% for NES.
• Co-morbid diagnoses of BED and NES were present in 3.9% of patients.
• Patients with BED and NES reported higher levels of emotional eating and eating in the absence of hunger compared to those without eating disorder symptoms.
• Differences were noted between BED and NES patients, with BED patients experiencing more binge-eating episodes and greater eating concerns.

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