Subthreshold binge eating disorder
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
Objective
To examine the clinical features of subthreshold binge eating disorder (BED).
Method
Participants were recruited directly from the community as part of an ongoing study of risk factors for BED. Forty-four women with subthreshold BED were compared with 44 women with BED and 44 healthy controls on demographic characteristics, body mass index (BMI), eating disorder symptomatology, and psychiatric distress. Diagnoses were established using the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE). Participants completed the EDE-Questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory, and were measured and weighed.
Results
Adjusting for significant group differences in BMI, the two eating disorder groups did not differ significantly on measures of weight and shape concern, restraint, psychiatric distress, and history of seeking treatment for an eating or weight problem.
Discussion
Given the importance of diagnostic status for access to treatment, further evaluation of the severity criterion specified for BED is needed. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 27: 270–278, 2000.
Publication Title
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Repository Citation
Striegel-Moore, Ruth H.; Dohm, Faith-Anne Ph.D.; Solomon, E. E.; Fairburn, Christopher G.; Pike, Kathleen M.; and Wilfley, Denise E., "Subthreshold binge eating disorder" (2000). School of Education and Human Development Faculty Publications. 136.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/education-facultypubs/136
Published Citation
Striegel-Moore, R. H., Dohm, F. A., Solomon, E. E., Fairburn, C. G., Pike, K. M. & Wilfley, D. E. (2000). Subthreshold binge eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27(3), 270-278. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<270::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-1.
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<270::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-1
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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