Register for Review of night time eating released
NeurologyMarch 27, 2003
2003 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent review of night time eating has been published.
According to a study from the United States, "This study reviews the published research on night time eating, including the night eating syndrome (NES) and the nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome (NEDS). Studies were identified by a computerized literature search (PubMed, PsycInfo) and by references from the papers obtained. In addition, published abstracts from recent conferences in the areas of eating disorders and obesity were included."
"Wakeful night time eating appears to be a frequent symptom which is more common among the obese," reported Martina de Zwaan and collaborators at the Universities of North Dakota and Minnesota. "The data suggest an early age of onset with a chronic course in many patients. There appears to be considerable overlap between NES and NEDS. Treatment studies are sparse. The clinical features of these syndromes, their comorbidities, and their prevalence rates remain a matter of debate. It is unclear if the night eating syndrome presents a distinct entity that is of clinical relevance. The current nosologies may not capture the natural clustering of eating and sleep-related pathology as it occurs in general population samples."
de Zwaan and her colleagues published the results of their study in the European Eating Disorders Review (Night time eating: A review of the literature. European Eating Disorders Rev, 2003;11(1):7-24).
The corresponding author for this report is Martina de Zwaan, Neuropsychiatry Research Institute, 700 1st Avenue South, PO Box 1415, Fargo, ND 58107, USA. E-mail: mdezwaan@nrifargo.com.
To subscribe to the journal European Eating Disorders Review, contact the publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Baffins Lane Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD, UK.
The information in this article comes under the major subject areas of Eating Disorder and Obesity Therapy. This article was prepared by Women's Health Weekly editors from staff and other reports.
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