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Night Eating Syndrome

MedGen UID:
1388120
•Concept ID:
C2203937
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Eating Syndrome, Night; Eating Syndromes, Night; Night Eating Syndromes

Definition

Little or no appetite for breakfast due to eating more food after dinner than during the meal and eating more than half of daily food intake after dinner hour. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNight Eating Syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Identification and Management of Night Eating Syndrome in the Adolescent and Young Adult Population.
Lepley T, Schwager Z, Khalid Z
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022 Feb 17;24(1) doi: 10.4088/PCC.21r03062. PMID: 35180815
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY.
Garvey WT, Mechanick JI, Brett EM, Garber AJ, Hurley DL, Jastreboff AM, Nadolsky K, Pessah-Pollack R, Plodkowski R; Reviewers of the AACE/ACE Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Endocr Pract 2016 Jul;22 Suppl 3:1-203. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.4158/EP161365.GL. PMID: 27219496
Proposed diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome.
Allison KC, Lundgren JD, O'Reardon JP, Geliebter A, Gluck ME, Vinai P, Mitchell JE, Schenck CH, Howell MJ, Crow SJ, Engel S, Latzer Y, Tzischinsky O, Mahowald MW, Stunkard AJ
Int J Eat Disord 2010 Apr;43(3):241-7. doi: 10.1002/eat.20693. PMID: 19378289Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

An Updated Review of Night Eating Syndrome: An Under-Represented Eating Disorder.
Lavery ME, Frum-Vassallo D
Curr Obes Rep 2022 Dec;11(4):395-404. Epub 2022 Dec 1 doi: 10.1007/s13679-022-00487-9. PMID: 36451065Free PMC Article
Identification and Management of Night Eating Syndrome in the Adolescent and Young Adult Population.
Lepley T, Schwager Z, Khalid Z
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022 Feb 17;24(1) doi: 10.4088/PCC.21r03062. PMID: 35180815
Disordered eating and obesity: associations between binge-eating disorder, night-eating syndrome, and weight-related comorbidities.
McCuen-Wurst C, Ruggieri M, Allison KC
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018 Jan;1411(1):96-105. Epub 2017 Oct 16 doi: 10.1111/nyas.13467. PMID: 29044551Free PMC Article
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in eating disorders: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.
Costa MB, Melnik T
Einstein (Sao Paulo) 2016 Apr-Jun;14(2):235-77. doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082016RW3120. PMID: 27462898Free PMC Article
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY.
Garvey WT, Mechanick JI, Brett EM, Garber AJ, Hurley DL, Jastreboff AM, Nadolsky K, Pessah-Pollack R, Plodkowski R; Reviewers of the AACE/ACE Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Endocr Pract 2016 Jul;22 Suppl 3:1-203. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.4158/EP161365.GL. PMID: 27219496

Diagnosis

Identification and Management of Night Eating Syndrome in the Adolescent and Young Adult Population.
Lepley T, Schwager Z, Khalid Z
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022 Feb 17;24(1) doi: 10.4088/PCC.21r03062. PMID: 35180815
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in eating disorders: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.
Costa MB, Melnik T
Einstein (Sao Paulo) 2016 Apr-Jun;14(2):235-77. doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082016RW3120. PMID: 27462898Free PMC Article
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY.
Garvey WT, Mechanick JI, Brett EM, Garber AJ, Hurley DL, Jastreboff AM, Nadolsky K, Pessah-Pollack R, Plodkowski R; Reviewers of the AACE/ACE Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Endocr Pract 2016 Jul;22 Suppl 3:1-203. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.4158/EP161365.GL. PMID: 27219496
Metabolic consequences of sleep and circadian disorders.
Depner CM, Stothard ER, Wright KP Jr
Curr Diab Rep 2014 Jul;14(7):507. doi: 10.1007/s11892-014-0507-z. PMID: 24816752Free PMC Article
Night eating syndrome.
Townsend AB
Holist Nurs Pract 2007 Sep-Oct;21(5):217-21; quiz 222. doi: 10.1097/01.HNP.0000287984.09720.59. PMID: 17728563

Therapy

Personality traits and night eating syndrome in women with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Melunsky ND, Solmi F, Haime Z, Rowe S, McIntosh VVW, Carter JD, Jordan J
Eat Weight Disord 2022 Mar;27(2):803-812. Epub 2021 May 31 doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01221-5. PMID: 34059970Free PMC Article
Disordered eating and obesity: associations between binge-eating disorder, night-eating syndrome, and weight-related comorbidities.
McCuen-Wurst C, Ruggieri M, Allison KC
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018 Jan;1411(1):96-105. Epub 2017 Oct 16 doi: 10.1111/nyas.13467. PMID: 29044551Free PMC Article
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in eating disorders: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.
Costa MB, Melnik T
Einstein (Sao Paulo) 2016 Apr-Jun;14(2):235-77. doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082016RW3120. PMID: 27462898Free PMC Article
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY.
Garvey WT, Mechanick JI, Brett EM, Garber AJ, Hurley DL, Jastreboff AM, Nadolsky K, Pessah-Pollack R, Plodkowski R; Reviewers of the AACE/ACE Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Endocr Pract 2016 Jul;22 Suppl 3:1-203. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.4158/EP161365.GL. PMID: 27219496
Night eating syndrome: an overview.
Milano W, De Rosa M, Milano L, Capasso A
J Pharm Pharmacol 2012 Jan;64(1):2-10. Epub 2011 Sep 27 doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2011.01353.x. PMID: 22150667

Prognosis

Adult attachment anxiety is associated with night eating syndrome in UK and US-based samples: Two cross-sectional studies.
Wilkinson LL, Rowe AC, Douglas T, Thirkettle M, Nolan LJ
Appetite 2022 May 1;172:105968. Epub 2022 Feb 9 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.105968. PMID: 35150794
Examination of night eating and loss-of-control eating following bariatric surgery.
Ivezaj V, Lawson JL, Lydecker JA, Duffy AJ, Grilo CM
Eat Weight Disord 2022 Feb;27(1):207-213. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01156-x. PMID: 33730344Free PMC Article
Do chronotype differences and night eating syndrome affect dental health?
Kurnaz S, Kandeger A
Int J Dent Hyg 2020 Nov;18(4):378-383. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1111/idh.12457. PMID: 32654415
The Night Eating Syndrome (NES) in Bariatric Surgery Patients.
de Zwaan M, Marschollek M, Allison KC
Eur Eat Disord Rev 2015 Nov;23(6):426-34. Epub 2015 Sep 22 doi: 10.1002/erv.2405. PMID: 26395455
Night eating syndrome: impact on bariatric surgery.
Colles SL, Dixon JB
Obes Surg 2006 Jul;16(7):811-20. doi: 10.1381/096089206777822160. PMID: 16839476

Clinical prediction guides

The relationship between chronotype, night eating behavior and fear of COVID-19 in academics.
Yilmaz Yavuz A, Altinsoy C
Chronobiol Int 2022 Oct;39(10):1359-1367. Epub 2022 Aug 11 doi: 10.1080/07420528.2022.2108714. PMID: 35950801
Personality traits and night eating syndrome in women with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Melunsky ND, Solmi F, Haime Z, Rowe S, McIntosh VVW, Carter JD, Jordan J
Eat Weight Disord 2022 Mar;27(2):803-812. Epub 2021 May 31 doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01221-5. PMID: 34059970Free PMC Article
Examination of night eating and loss-of-control eating following bariatric surgery.
Ivezaj V, Lawson JL, Lydecker JA, Duffy AJ, Grilo CM
Eat Weight Disord 2022 Feb;27(1):207-213. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01156-x. PMID: 33730344Free PMC Article
Evaluation of night eating syndrome in individuals with and without obesity.
Sutcu C, Pamuk G, Ongel K
Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(5):539-544. Epub 2021 May 19 doi: 10.5603/EP.a2021.0046. PMID: 34010444
Do chronotype differences and night eating syndrome affect dental health?
Kurnaz S, Kandeger A
Int J Dent Hyg 2020 Nov;18(4):378-383. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1111/idh.12457. PMID: 32654415

Recent systematic reviews

A Scoping Review on the Association between Night Eating Syndrome and Physical Health, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep and Weight Status in Adults.
Sakthivel SJ, Hay P, Mannan H
Nutrients 2023 Jun 18;15(12) doi: 10.3390/nu15122791. PMID: 37375694Free PMC Article
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorders and Night Eating Syndrome in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome-A Vicious Circle of Disease: A Systematic Review.
Burnatowska E, Wikarek A, Oboza P, Ogarek N, Glinianowicz M, Kocelak P, Olszanecka-Glinianowicz M
Nutrients 2023 Jan 6;15(2) doi: 10.3390/nu15020295. PMID: 36678165Free PMC Article
'In the night kitchen': A scoping review on the night eating syndrome.
Muscatello MRA, Torre G, Celebre L, Dell'Osso B, Mento C, Zoccali RA, Bruno A
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2022 Feb;56(2):120-136. Epub 2021 Jun 25 doi: 10.1177/00048674211025714. PMID: 34169752
Are Eating Disorders Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Nieto-Martínez R, González-Rivas JP, Medina-Inojosa JR, Florez H
Curr Diab Rep 2017 Nov 22;17(12):138. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0949-1. PMID: 29168047
Changes in problematic and disordered eating after gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding and vertical sleeve gastrectomy: a systematic review of pre-post studies.
Opozda M, Chur-Hansen A, Wittert G
Obes Rev 2016 Aug;17(8):770-92. Epub 2016 Jun 14 doi: 10.1111/obr.12425. PMID: 27296934

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