876 HUNGER AND SLEEP ARE FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGIC DRIVES UNDER THE CONTROL OF BOTH HOMEOSTATIC AND CIRCADIAN INFLUENCES. NOCTURNAL EATING disorders occur when the coordination of these 2 drives is dysregulated, resulting in the disordered eating of a daytime eating disorder combined with the disordered sleep of a sleep disorder. Investigations into nocturnal eating have proceeded along 2 parallel t...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) as a measure of severity of the Night Eating Syndrome (NES). The 14-item NEQ assesses the behavioral and psychological symptoms of NES. The NEQ was evaluated in three samples: 1980 persons who completed the NEQ on the Internet; 81 persons diagnosed with NES; and 194 bariatric surgery candidates. Study 1, using princi...

OBJECTIVE To compare the eating and sleep-wake patterns of persons with the night eating syndrome (NES) with those of matched control subjects. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Forty-six overweight/obese NES subjects (mean age 43.3 +/- 9.8 years; 32 women) and 43 similar controls (mean age 39.0 +/- 11.0 years; 28 women) wore wrist actigraphs for 7 days and completed sleep and food diaries at h...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of sleep loss on the diurnal rhythm of circulating leptin levels. An indwelling forearm catheter was used to sample blood at 90-min intervals for a total of 120 h, which included 88 h of sustained sleeplessness, in 10 healthy men. The diurnal amplitude of leptin was reduced during total sleep deprivation and returned toward normal duri...

Sneaking late night snacks might just seem like an unhealthy habit, but the truth is that night eating syndrome (NES) ? and a related syndrome called sleep related eating disorder (SRED) ? are actually diagnosable conditions for some people. NES is technically classified as disordered eating [2], but researchers believe it?s also related to sleep disorders, making it a sort of hybrid condition....

Sneaking late night snacks might just seem like an unhealthy habit, but the truth is that night eating syndrome (NES) ? and a related syndrome called sleep related eating disorder (SRED) ? are actually diagnosable conditions for some people. NES is technically classified as disordered eating [2], but researchers believe it?s also related to sleep disorders, making it a sort of hybrid condition....

proper nutrition plays an important role in physical and cognitive development of children. the early diagnosis and treatment of eating problems is very important. this study aimed to survey eating problems of children with down syndrome. in this descriptive-analytic study, an eating problem test used to survey eating problems of children with down syndrome in exceptional schools. the findings ...

remember these events the next morning [2, 4] . Finally, SRED may be associated with morning anorexia, sleep disruption, excessive weight gain and other adverse effects from excessive food intake, such as metabolic and dental problems. There is some controversy as to whether SRED and NES are similar disorders situated at opposite ends of a common spectrum of pathophysiology, with different leve...

Objectives. To describe psychosocial factors identified as contributors of weight gain in the general population and to examine the relationship between these factors and gestational weight gain among low socioeconomic status, African American, overweight pregnant women. Methods. African American women (n = 120) with a pregravid body mass index ≥25 kg/m(2) completed measures of eating, sleep, a...