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 proposed, including excessive evening eating patterns (accounting for 25% or more of daily calories after dinner) and/or nighttime awakenings with food consumption on two or more nights per week. The individual must be conscious of their eating habits at night to distinguish it from SRED.