Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Binge eating (BE) is a common cause of severe paediatric obesity, which develops after the uncontrolled wish of changing the present emotional condition.Aim: To study the phenomenon of BE in the context of emotional disorders in severe obese children.Methods: We examined 88 children with severe obesity (mean±s.d. 11.5±3.4 years; BMI 29.7±5.7 kg/m2) in the Endocrinological Department of Universi...