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SUBMITTER: Giel KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793802 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giel Katrin E KE Bulik Cynthia M CM Fernandez-Aranda Fernando F Hay Phillipa P Keski-Rahkonen Anna A Schag Kathrin K Schmidt Ulrike U Zipfel Stephan S
Nature reviews. Disease primers 20220317 1
Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by regular binge eating episodes during which individuals ingest comparably large amounts of food and experience loss of control over their eating behaviour. The worldwide prevalence of BED for the years 2018-2020 is estimated to be 0.6-1.8% in adult women and 0.3-0.7% in adult men. BED is commonly associated with obesity and with somatic and mental health comorbidities. People with BED experience considerable burden and impairments in quality of life ...[more]