Night Eating Syndrome in Patients With Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Night eating syndrome (NES) is currently classified as an Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) under the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5). This systematic review aims to consolidate the studies that describe the sociodemographic, clinical and psychological features of NES in a population of patients with eating disorders (ED), obesity, or those undergoing bariatric surgery, and were published after the publication of the DSM-5. A further aim was to compare, where possible, NES with BED on the aforementioned variables. Lastly, we aimed to appraise the quality of the studies being included in the review. We conducted a systematic search on three databases (MEDLINE, PubMed and Embase) which resulted in the selection of 22 studies for the review. We included the articles t

SUBMITTER: Kaur J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766715 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature