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ReviewEating and weight disorders : EWD2017

Medical comorbidity of binge eating disorder.

Pablo Olguin, Manuel Fuentes, Guillermo Gabler, Anna I Guerdjikova, Paul E Keck, Susan L McElroy

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Review in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Pablo OlguinDepartment of Psychiatry, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Manuel FuentesDepartment of Psychiatry, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Guillermo GablerDepartment of Psychiatry, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Anna I GuerdjikovaLindner Center of HOPE, 4075 Old Western Row Road, Mason, OH, 45040, USA. anna.guerdjikova@lindnercenter.org.
Paul E KeckLindner Center of HOPE, 4075 Old Western Row Road, Mason, OH, 45040, USA.
Susan L McElroyLindner Center of HOPE, 4075 Old Western Row Road, Mason, OH, 45040, USA.
Universidad del Desarrollo · CLLindner Center of HOPE · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo gain further understanding of the general medical comorbidity of binge eating disorder (BED) beyond its association with obesity.

methodWe reviewed studies of general medical comorbidity in people with BED or clinically significant binge eating behavior beyond obesity. We also reviewed studies of BED in specific medical conditions.

resultsThree broad study categories of medical comorbidity in BED were found: cross-sectional studies of medical conditions in BED; prospective studies of medical conditions in BED; and studies of BED in specific medical conditions. Cross-sectional epidemiologic data suggest that BED is associated with medical conditions related to obesity, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemias, sleep problems/disorders, and pain conditions, and that BED may be related to these conditions independent of obesity and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Prospective data suggest that BED may be associated with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. BED or binge eating behavior is also associated with asthma and gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders, and among women, menstrual dysfunction, pregnancy complications, intracranial hypertension, and polycystic ovary syndrome.

conclusionsBED is associated with substantial medical comorbidity beyond obesity. Further study of the general medical comorbidity of BED and its relationship to obesity and co-occurring psychiatric disorders is greatly needed.

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Binge-Eating DisorderComorbidityDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DyslipidemiasHumansHypertensionObesityPainSleep Wake DisordersBinge eatingDiabetesMedical comorbidityMetabolic syndromeObesity

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