Who is included in studies of night eating syndrome? A scoping review of reported participant characteristics

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Eating behaviors Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-25 DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102017

Sarah E. Attaway , Taylor E. Penwell , Ruth Striegel Weissman , Isabella Pruscino , Ava Hogan , Caitlin A. Martin-Wagar

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Abstract

Little is known about the participant demographics of those with Night Eating Syndrome (NES); as such, at-risk factors have not been identified. The current review focused on understanding the participant samples in NES studies. PubMed and PsychINFO were used to search for titles and abstracts using the term “night eating syndrome” from January 1, 2013, to March 23, 2025. Review studies, samples ages <18 years old, non-English language, and ≤10 NES participants were excluded. Two authors independently coded each article for eligibility to be included in this review, sample demographics, and sample inclusion/exclusion criteria. Of the 87 studies included in this review, over one-third of the articles reported no NES sample demographics at all. The most reported demographics were sex/gender (n = 50; 57.47 %), BMI/weight class (n = 44; 50.57 %), and age (n = 42; 48.28 %). Seventeen (19.54 %) studies used weight class or BMI as an inclusion criterion. The findings show that demographic data are infrequently and insufficiently reported in NES studies. Further, many of the NES studies reviewed included a focus on weight status. The review highlights the need to clearly report sample characteristics across the weight spectrum to improve knowledge about NES.

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谁是夜食综合症研究的对象？对报告的参与者特征进行范围审查

关于夜食综合征（NES）参与者的人口统计资料知之甚少；因此，风险因素尚未确定。目前的综述侧重于了解NES研究中的参与者样本。使用PubMed和PsychINFO检索2013年1月1日至2025年3月23日期间使用“夜食综合征”一词的标题和摘要。回顾性研究、年龄为18岁、非英语语言和≤10名NES参与者被排除在外。两名作者独立地对每篇文章进行编码，以确定纳入本综述的资格、样本人口统计学和样本纳入/排除标准。在本综述纳入的87项研究中，超过三分之一的文章根本没有报告NES样本人口统计数据。报告最多的人口统计数据是性别/性别(n = 50；57.47%)， BMI/体重等级(n = 44；50.57%)，年龄(n = 42；48.28%)。17项（19.54%）研究使用体重等级或BMI作为纳入标准。研究结果表明，人口统计数据在NES研究中很少和不充分地报告。此外，所审查的许多NES研究包括对体重状况的关注。该综述强调需要清楚地报告整个体重谱的样本特征，以提高对NES的认识。

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Eating behaviors Multiple-

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4.20

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3.60%

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60 days

期刊介绍： Eating Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing human research on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity, binge eating, and eating disorders in adults and children. Studies related to the promotion of healthy eating patterns to treat or prevent medical conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer) are also acceptable. Two types of manuscripts are encouraged: (1) Descriptive studies establishing functional relationships between eating behaviors and social, cognitive, environmental, attitudinal, emotional or biochemical factors; (2) Clinical outcome research evaluating the efficacy of prevention or treatment protocols.