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Eating Disorders

Binge eating disorder risk factors were examined

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 6th, 2006

Binge eating disorder risk factors may have similar origins in women who began binging before dieting those began dieting before binging.

Investigators at the Washington University in St. Louis explained, "The current study examined risk factors in women with binge eating disorder (BED) who began binging before dieting (binge-first [BF]) compared with women with BED who began dieting before binging (diet-first [DF]). It further aimed to replicate findings regarding eating disorder and general psychopathology among BF versus DF subtypes."

"One hundred fifty-five women with BED completed the Oxford Risk Factor Interview to retrospectively assess risk...

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