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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2018 Jul;28(7):1990–1996. doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3129-8

Table 2.

Frequencies for Binge Eating Scale and clinician-rated binge eating episodes per week

N Frequency Percentage Cumulative
percentage
Binge Eating Scale (BES) 117
Non-binge eating; < 17 88 75.2% 75.2%
Moderate binge eating; 23 19.7% 94.9%
    18–26
Severe binge eating; 6 5.1% 100%
    >27
Clinician-rated binge eating episodes 119
None 101 84.9% 84.9%
  1 episode per week 7 5.9% 90.8%
  2 episodes per week 3 2.5% 93.3%
  5 episodes per week 2 1.7% 95.0%
  7 episodes per week 5 4.2% 99.2%
  > 8 episodes per week 1 0.8% 100.0%