Metabolic characteristics of youth with loss of control eating.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Preliminary data in adults suggest that binge eating is associated with greater prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components. However, there are limited data in youth, and little is known of the role of binge episode size in these relationships.

Methods

We examined the relationship between loss of control eating and metabolic characteristics in a convenience sample of 329 treatment-seeking and non-treatment-seeking adolescent boys and girls. The sample was enriched by design with adolescents who were overweight or obese and with individuals who reported episodes of loss of control over their eating (either objectively large binge episodes, OBEs or subjectively large binge episodes, SBEs, in the past month), as assessed by clinical interview. MetS components (bl

SUBMITTER: Radin RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4644474 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature