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Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme

OBJECTIVE: Conflicting data are available on the prevalence of binge eating behaviour (BE) in individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of and the risk factors for BE in a large sample of men and women starting a weight loss or maintenance pro...

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Autores principales: Bertoli, Simona, Leone, Alessandro, Ponissi, Veronica, Bedogni, Giorgio, Beggio, Valentina, Strepparava, Maria Grazia, Battezzati, Alberto
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10270975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25958773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001068
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author Bertoli, Simona
Leone, Alessandro
Ponissi, Veronica
Bedogni, Giorgio
Beggio, Valentina
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Battezzati, Alberto
author_facet Bertoli, Simona
Leone, Alessandro
Ponissi, Veronica
Bedogni, Giorgio
Beggio, Valentina
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Battezzati, Alberto
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description OBJECTIVE: Conflicting data are available on the prevalence of binge eating behaviour (BE) in individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of and the risk factors for BE in a large sample of men and women starting a weight loss or maintenance programme. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. BE was defined as a Binge Eating Scale (BES) score ≥18. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Italian Depression Questionnaire were used to assess anxiety and depression. Besides sex, age and BMI, marital status, educational level, smoking and physical activity were evaluated as potential risk factors for BE. Uni- and multivariable Poisson working regression models were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR) and marginal probabilities. SETTING: Nutritional research centre. SUBJECTS: Adults (n 6930; 72 % women) with a median age of 46 years (range 18–81 years) were consecutively studied. RESULTS: BE prevalence in the pooled sample was 17 %. At multivariable analysis, being a woman (PR=2·70), smoking (PR=1·15) and increasing BMI (PR=1·05 for 1 kg/m(2) increase) were risk factors for BE. On the contrary, being older (PR=0·99 for 1-year increase), performing physical activity (PR=0·89) and being married (PR=0·88) were protective factors for BE. Anxiety and depression were more common in subjects with BE. CONCLUSIONS: BE is common in individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The prevalence of BE is higher in young obese women. However, BE is present also in men, elders and normal-weight subjects.
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spelling pubmed-102709752023-06-16 Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme Bertoli, Simona Leone, Alessandro Ponissi, Veronica Bedogni, Giorgio Beggio, Valentina Strepparava, Maria Grazia Battezzati, Alberto Public Health Nutr Research Papers OBJECTIVE: Conflicting data are available on the prevalence of binge eating behaviour (BE) in individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of and the risk factors for BE in a large sample of men and women starting a weight loss or maintenance programme. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. BE was defined as a Binge Eating Scale (BES) score ≥18. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Italian Depression Questionnaire were used to assess anxiety and depression. Besides sex, age and BMI, marital status, educational level, smoking and physical activity were evaluated as potential risk factors for BE. Uni- and multivariable Poisson working regression models were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR) and marginal probabilities. SETTING: Nutritional research centre. SUBJECTS: Adults (n 6930; 72 % women) with a median age of 46 years (range 18–81 years) were consecutively studied. RESULTS: BE prevalence in the pooled sample was 17 %. At multivariable analysis, being a woman (PR=2·70), smoking (PR=1·15) and increasing BMI (PR=1·05 for 1 kg/m(2) increase) were risk factors for BE. On the contrary, being older (PR=0·99 for 1-year increase), performing physical activity (PR=0·89) and being married (PR=0·88) were protective factors for BE. Anxiety and depression were more common in subjects with BE. CONCLUSIONS: BE is common in individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The prevalence of BE is higher in young obese women. However, BE is present also in men, elders and normal-weight subjects. Cambridge University Press 2015-05-11 2016-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10270975/ /pubmed/25958773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001068 Text en © The Authors 2015 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bertoli, Simona
Leone, Alessandro
Ponissi, Veronica
Bedogni, Giorgio
Beggio, Valentina
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Battezzati, Alberto
Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title_full Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title_fullStr Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title_short Prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
title_sort prevalence of and risk factors for binge eating behaviour in 6930 adults starting a weight loss or maintenance programme
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10270975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25958773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001068
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