Depression, stress and body fat are associated with binge eating in a community sample of African American and Hispanic women

作者：Adamus Leach Heather J; Wilson Penny L; O' Connor Daniel P; Rhode Paula C; Mama Scherezade K; Lee Rebecca E^*

来源：Eating and Weight Disorders, 2013, 18(2): 221-227.

DOI：10.1007/s40519-013-0021-3

• Binge eating disorder
• African Americans
• Hispanic Americans
• Women
• Life stress
• Depressive symptoms

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among depressive symptoms, stress and severity of binge eating symptoms in a community sample of African American and Hispanic or Latina women. %26lt;br%26gt;Method Women (African American, n = 127; Hispanic or Latina, n = 44) completed measures of body composition, stress, depression, and binge eating. %26lt;br%26gt;Results Scores on a depressive symptom scale indicated that 24.0 % of participants exhibited clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms. Mean binge eating scores were below the threshold for clinically diagnosed binge eating (12.99 +/- 7.90). Mean stressful event scores were 25.86 +/- 14.26 and the average stress impact score was 78.36 +/- 55.43. Linear regression models found that body composition, stress impact score, and being classified as having clinically significant levels of depression were associated with severity of binge eating symptoms. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion Higher levels of percent body fat, a CES-D score %26gt;= 16 and higher WSI-Impact scores were associated with greater severity of binge eating symptoms.

• 出版日期2013-6