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Obese binge eaters: metabolic characteristics, energy expenditure and dieting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

G. F. Adami ,
P. Gandolfo ,
A. Campostano ,
F. Cocchi ,
B. Bauer  and
N. Scopinaro
G. F. Adami*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
P. Gandolfo
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
A. Campostano
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
F. Cocchi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
B. Bauer
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
N. Scopinaro
Affiliation:
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Divisione di Medicina I, Ospedale San Martino, Genova; Centro Didasco, Verona, Italy
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Gian Franco Adami, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 8, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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Synopsis

The study was carried out in two groups of massively obese women with BMI values who were to undergo bariatric surgery. The patients were evaluated for weight variability and for the presence and the frequency of binge eating. Body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE) and metabolic parameters were also measured. When non-bingeing individuals were compared with patients who met Binge Eating Disorder criteria, no differences in body composition, fat distribution, REE values and concentrations of serum lipids, insulin and thyroid hormones were found. On the other hand, weight variability due to reduced diet in the subjects' lifetime was significantly higher. This study does not support the hypothesis that in massively obese women binge eating is somehow induced by a reduced energy expenditure.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 195 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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