Table 3. Prevalence of night eating symptoms in adults (unless otherwise stated).

Author	Year	Population	Degree of overweight Mean BMI (kg m−2) % BMI >30	N	Prevalence (%)
Stunkard1	1955	Obesity OPD	68% Overweight Normal weight	25 38	80 0
Kuldau5	1986	General population Pre obesity surgery	Normal weight Morbidly obese	232 100	0.5 15
Rand6	1993	General population Pre obesity surgery	24.9 52	2097 255	1.5 25
Stunkard7	1996	Self report BED Weight loss study BED subjects	37.8 35.3 35.5	102 79 40	13.7 8.9 15
Powers16	1999	Obesity surgery	53.4	116	10
Aronoff17	2001	Obesity OPD	55	110	51
Ceru-Bjork12	2001	Obesity OPD	40	194	14
Gluck13	2001	Obesity OPD	36.5	76	14
Napolitano18	2001	Obesity OPD Some BED subjects	41.1	83	43
Adami14	2002	Obesity OPD	43.5	166	7.8
Anderson68	2004	General population (MONICA project)	10%	2111	8
Lamerz40	2005	School children (range 5–7 years)	15.8 (Mean 51st percentilea)	1979	1.1
Allison19	2006	Pre obesity surgery	50.4	215	8.9/1.9
Morse22	2006	Diabetes 1 and 2 OPD	32%	714	9.7
Colles15	2008	Obesity OPD	44.3	129	17.1
Lundgren21	2010	Psychiatric OPD	37.2	68	25
Root43	2010	General population (STAGE project)	26.6b	5441	7.7

Abbreviations: BED, binge eating disorder; BMI, body mass index; OPD, outpatient department.

^aOn the basis of the german reference population.

^bHighest lifetime BMI.