Table 2.

Overall, Sex-Specific and Age-Specific Prevalence of binge eating

	Objective binge eating	Subjective binge eating	Non-binge eating
Overall	4.8 (172)	7.1 (252)	88.1 (3127)
Gender
Women	4.8 (91)	9.2 (173)	86.0 (1620)
Men	4.9 (81)	4.7 (79)	90.4 (1507)
Age Strata:
Age < 35	4.3 (15)	6.3 (22)	89.5 (314)
35 ≤ Age < 45	4.7 (50)	6.3 (67)	89.0 (950)
45 ≤ Age < 55	4.9 (71)	7.5 (109)	87.6 (1266)
55 ≤ Age < 65	4.1 (31)	7.4 (45)	87.5 (531)
Age ≥ 65	6.3 (5)	11.3 (9)	82.5 (66)
BMI Category
Normal weight	1.5 (18)	4.1 (49)	94.4 (1124)
Overweight	2.7 (34)	6.6 (85)	90.7 (1165)
Obese	11.2 (120)	11.0 (118)	77.9 (838)

Data shown are % (n)

BMI = body mass index