Research diagnostic criteria have been proposed and include evening hyperphagia (consumption of 25% or more of the total daily calories after the evening meal) and/or nocturnal awakening and ingestion of food two or more times per week. The person must have awareness of the night eating to differentiate it from the parasomnia sleep-related eating disorder (SRED).
Diagnostic criteria have been suggested, encompassing excessive evening eating (accounting for 25% or more of daily calories after dinner) and/or nighttime awakenings and food consumption two or more times a week. The individual must be conscious of the nocturnal eating to distinguish it from parasomnia sleep-related eating disorder (SRED).