Hunger and binge eating: a meta-analysis of studies using ecological momentary assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Binge eating has been associated with increased hunger, suggesting a role for impaired appetite regulation. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is ideally suited to examine whether hunger is a precipitant of binge eating but results from such studies have not been systematically reviewed. This study provides a meta-analysis of EMA studies that have examined hunger as an antecedent of binge eating.

Method

Electronic database and manual searches produced seven EMA studies with N = 180 participants. Meta-analyses were conducted to compare: (1) pre-binge eating hunger to average ratings of hunger, and (2) pre-binge eating hunger to hunger before regular eating.

Results

Across studies, hunger was significantly greater before binge eating compared with average h

SUBMITTER: Haedt-Matt AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111846 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature