Prevalence of obesity, binge eating, and night eating in a cross‐sectional field survey of 6‐year‐old children and their parents in a German urban population

Lamerz, Andreas; Kuepper-Nybelen, Jutta; Bruning, Nicole; Wehle, Christine; Trost-Brinkhues, Gabriele; Brugger, Hermann; Hebebrand, Johannes; Herpertz‐Dahlmann, Beate

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“…Two prevalence studies of NES in the general population for adults revealed rates of 1.5% (Rand et al, 1997) and 5.2% (Lamerz et al, 2005). Prevalence estimates in obesity clinics are higher, ranging from 6% (Cerú-Björk et al, 2001) to 14% (Gluck, Geliebter, & Satov, 2001), and in pre-operative bariatric surgery patients from 8% (Adami, Meneghelli, & Scopinaro, 1999;Allison et al, 2006) to 42% (Hsu, Bentancourt, & Sullivan, 1996).…”

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“…Some NES studies have examined putative NES samples which have had nocturnal ingestions or evening hyperphagia (Cerú-Björk et al, 2001, Grilo & Masheb, 2004Napolitano, Head, Babyak, & Blumenthal, 2001) as well as samples that included persons who had either of these or both criteria (Allison et al, 2007;Allison et al, 2006;Allison et al, 2005;O'Reardon et al, 2004;Pawlow, O'Neil, & Malcolm, 2003). Striegel-Moore and colleagues (2004, 2006) tested several of these definitions with a sample of adolescent girls and a representative national sample ages 13 and older, demonstrating decreases in the proportion of those reporting nocturnal eating with increasingly stringent criteria.Two prevalence studies of NES in the general population for adults revealed rates of 1.5% (Rand et al, 1997) and 5.2% (Lamerz et al, 2005). Prevalence estimates in obesity clinics are higher, ranging from 6% (Cerú-Björk et al, 2001) to 14% (Gluck, Geliebter, & Satov, 2001), and in pre-operative bariatric surgery patients from 8% (Adami, Meneghelli, & Scopinaro, 1999;Allison et al, 2006) to 42% (Hsu, Bentancourt, & Sullivan, 1996).…”

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Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome using item response theory analysis

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Uniform diagnostic criteria for the night eating syndrome (NES), a disorder characterized by a delay in the circadian pattern of eating, have not been established. Proposed criteria for NES were evaluated using item response theory (IRT) analysis. Six studies yielded 1,481 Night Eating Questionnaires which were coded to reflect the presence/absence of five night eating symptoms. Symptoms were evaluated based on the clinical usefulness of their diagnostic information and on the assumptions of IRT analysis (unidimensionality, monotonicity, local item independence, correct model specification), using a two parameter logistic (2PL) IRT model. Reports of (1) nocturnal eating and/ or evening hyperphagia, (2) initial insomnia, and (3) night awakenings showed high precision in discriminating those with night eating problems, while morning anorexia and delayed morning meal provided little additional information. IRT is a useful tool for evaluating the diagnostic criteria of psychiatric disorders and can be used to evaluate potential diagnostic criteria of NES empirically. Behavioral factors were identified as useful discriminators of NES. Future work should also examine psychological factors in conjunction with those identified here. KeywordsIRT; diagnosis; Night Eating Questionnaire; nocturnal ingestions; evening hyperphagia; eating disorder Original criteria for the night eating syndrome (NES) were based on a patient in whom the disorder was first noted and the subsequent treatment of 25 obese persons referred to a Special Study Clinic because of difficulties managing their obesity (Stunkard, Grace, & Wolff, Address correspondence to Kelly C. Allison, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, 3535 Market St., Suite 3021, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, USA, kca@mail.med.upenn.edu, phone: 215-898-7314; fax: 215-898-2878. 1 Present address: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. 1955). These criteria were: (1) consumption of at least 25% of daily caloric intake after the evening meal, (2) initial insomnia at least half of the time, and (3) morning anorexia. Revision of the criteria in 1999 added: (1) nighttime awakenings (at least one per night), (2) frequently accompanied by the ingestion of snacks; (3) an increase in the requirement for evening hyperphagia to greater than 50% of daily caloric intake; (4) a duration of three months; and (5) absence of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder (BED) ...

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“…51,52 The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) is a 26-item self report questionnaire of depressive feelings for ages [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Internal consistency of the total score of the German version is high, convergent, and discriminant validity have been demonstrated.…”

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“…7 Only a small subset of children and adolescents meet full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV-TR criteria for BED, while the experience of LOC eating and emotional eating seem to be more common. 6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Research indicates that emotional eating and binge eating in children and adolescents are associated with anxiety, sadness, and anger 6,12,15 which has previously been shown in adults. [16][17][18][19][20][21] Overweight children 8,12,14 and adolescents 9,10,22 with LOC eating were shown to experience greater eating-related distress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms than those without LOC eating.…”

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Emotion regulation and binge eating in children

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Hilbert

2008

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: To examine the ability to regulate emotions in children with binge eating.Method: A community sample of 60 children ages 8-13 with at least one episode of loss of control (LOC) eating during the past 3 months and a matched control group without LOC (n 5 60) underwent a clinical interview (Eating Disorder Examination adapted for Children) and completed self-report questionnaires assessing emotion regulation strategies, eating pathology, and depressive symptoms.Results: Children with LOC eating made a significantly higher use of dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies (p \ .01), especially for the regulation of anxiety (p \ .01). Maladaptive strategies were associated with greater depressiveness (p \ .001). Use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies did not differ between children with and without LOC eating.Discussion: Results document an association between LOC eating and difficulties in regulating negative emotions in children. Interventions targeting LOC eating in children should include training for coping with negative emotions.

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“…Studies of non-treatment seeking children aged 6 to 14 years using questionnaire and survey reports to assess binge eating have found prevalence ranges from approximately 2% to 10% (Field et al, 1999;Lamerz et al, 2005;Maloney, McGuire, Daniels, & Specker, 1989). None of these investigations assessed for the full DSM-IV-TR criteria for binge eating disorder (APA, 2000).…”

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Loss of control eating disorder in children age 12 years and younger: Proposed research criteria

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Binge eating is common in middle childhood (6-12y) and often presents in concert with disordered eating attitudes, emotional distress, overweight and adiposity. Binge eating is also predictive of excessive weight gain and is associated with energy intake. However, few children meet DSM-IV-TR criteria for binge eating disorder, thereby making treatment recommendations a challenge. We propose criteria for a new diagnosis, Loss of Control Eating Disorder in Children age 12 years and younger, for further study. The criteria put forward are a revision of Marcus and Kalarchian's (Marcus & Kalarchian, 2003) provisional binge eating disorder research criteria for children 14 years and younger, and are based upon the evolving literature in children with binge and loss of control eating episodes. A rationale for the new criteria set is provided, and future research directions are proposed.

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Prevalence of obesity, binge eating, and night eating in a cross‐sectional field survey of 6‐year‐old children and their parents in a German urban population

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Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome using item response theory analysis

Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome using item response theory analysis

Emotion regulation and binge eating in children

Loss of control eating disorder in children age 12 years and younger: Proposed research criteria

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