Individuals with elevated anxiety sensitivity (AS; i.e., fear of somatic arousal) may binge eat to reduce emotional distress. Because physical activity reduces stress reactivity, we predicted that: (1) the relation between AS and binge eating would be moderated by physical activity and (2) coping motives for eating would mediate the association between AS and binge eating such that the relation...

OBJECTIVES 1) To investigate the association between binge eating scores, anxiety and depression symptoms, and body mass index (BMI), and 2) to assess the presence of differences in severity of anxiety symptoms, severity of depression symptoms, and BMI in women with and without binge eating disorder. METHOD The sample comprised 113 women aged between 22 and 60 years (39.35±10.85) enrolled in ...

BACKGROUND Binge eating disorder is a prevalent adolescent disorder, associated with increased eating disorder and general psychopathology as well as an increased risk for overweight and obesity. As opposed to binge eating disorder in adults, there is a lack of validated psychological treatments for this condition in adolescents. The goal of this research project is therefore to determine the e...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BCM: Body Cell Mass; BED: Binge Eating Disorder; BES: Binge Eating Scalel; BIA: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis; BMI: Body Mass Index; BT: Behavioral Therapy; CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; FFM: Total Fat-Free Body Mass in Kg; FM: Fat Body Mass in Kg; MetS: Metabolic Syndrome; NBED: Non Binge Eating Disorder; WC: Waist Circumference

Aspects of disordered eating and personality traits, such as neuroticism, are correlated and individually heritable. We examined the phenotypic correlation between binge eating episodes and indices of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and control/impulsivity). For correlations ≥|0.20|, we estimated the extent to which genetic and e...

OBJECTIVE Studies suggest that cognitive deficits and attentional biases play a role in the development and maintenance of obesity and eating disorders. In this study, we simultaneously examine attentional biases, as well as inhibitory control and mental flexibility, which are keys to controlling unwanted behaviors and thoughts in obese patients with and without binge eating disorder. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this investigation was to examine differences in personality dimensions among individuals with bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, non-binge eating obesity, and a normal-weight comparison group as well as to determine the extent to which these differences were independent of self-reported depressive symptoms. METHOD Personality dimensions were assessed using the M...

OBJECTIVE Preliminary evidence suggests that the antiobesity agent sibutramine is effective in the treatment of binge eating disorder, impacting both binge eating and weight. This study is the first large-scale, multisite, placebo-controlled trial to test the efficacy of sibutramine in binge eating disorder. METHOD Participants (N=304) who met DSM-IV criteria for binge eating disorder were ra...

The perfectionism model of binge eating is an integrative model explaining why perfectionism is tied to binge eating. This study extended and tested this emerging model by proposing daughters' socially prescribed perfectionism (i.e., perceiving one's mother is harshly demanding perfection of oneself) and mothers' psychological control (i.e., a negative parenting style involving control and dema...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the level of weight-related stigmatizing experiences and binge eating in overweight adults in southern Taiwan. METHODS This study design was a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with convenience sample. A total of 141 questionnaires were analyzed. RESULTS The study showed that 97.9% participants had at least on...