Participants
binge eating disorder
Participants were 253 females self-reporting recurrent and sustained episodes of loss of control related to food intake, marked by the consumption of a large quantity of food and the presence of a feeling of being unable to stop or to refrain from eating, in 5 years prior to the study. Participants included in the study indicated being 18 years or older and having repeated episodes of binge eating (episodes associated with BN were not discriminated). Symptoms were self-reported, and no formal diagnosis of binge eating disorder was made. While both male and female participants were recruited, the number of males was insufficient (