Berkowitz R, Stunkard A J, Stallings V A
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Oct 29;699:200-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb18850.x.
Thirty percent of 51 obese adolescent girls seeking treatment for their obesity engaged in binge eating. Two psychometric measures, "disinhibition" and "happiness and satisfaction" predicted 63% of the variance in severity of binge eating. There was no difference in the history of dieting between obese subjects who binged and those who did not.