ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
Subjective and objective binge episodes in relation to eating disorder and depressive symptoms among middle-aged women.
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- Bulimia nervosa.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Addressing binge eating in people with type 2 diabetes: Co-creating and feasibility testing dialogue tools based on a design thinking approach.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Eating Disorders in Adolescent Female Basketball Players.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Differences in menopausal quality of life, body appreciation, and body dissatisfaction between women at high and low risk of an eating disorder.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Unequivocally large, but not enormous: An examination of the nutritional content of objective and subjective binge-eating episodes using ecological momentary assessment data.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Changes in the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorder symptoms from 2013 to 2020 among a large national sample of U.S. young adults: A repeated cross-sectional study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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purposeEvidence suggests loss of control over eating may be the driving component of binge eating, a transdiagnostic symptom of eating disorders and highly comorbid with depressive symptoms. Prior studies have evaluated eating disorder and depressive symptoms across types of binge episodes among adolescent and young adult samples, yet no studies have focused on middle-aged women who may be particularly vulnerable to both binge eating and depressive symptoms. The goal of this study was to compare eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms across different types of binge eating episodes among middle-aged women.
methodsWomen (N = 347), ages 40-63, completed an online survey about both objective (OBE) and subjective binge episodes (SBE), eating disorder symptoms, and depressive symptoms. Participants were categorized as OBEs only, SBEs only, both OBEs and SBEs, and no binge eating.
resultsControlling for group differences, results showed middle-aged women who experienced SBEs only reported greater levels of anorexia nervosa attitudes and behaviors compared to all other groups, and greater dietary restraint compared to those who experienced only OBEs and those with no binge eating. Middle-aged women who experienced any type of binge eating reported greater levels of body image concerns and depressive symptoms compared to those who reported no binge eating.
conclusionsFindings suggest that loss of control is more clinically relevant in terms of associations with eating disorder and depressive symptoms in middle-aged women. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V based on descriptive studies.
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