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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Weight Disord. 2018 Jun 26;24(5):787–797. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0533-y

Table 1.

Search terms for systematic review and meta-analysis.

PubMED search strategy with MeSH terms.
1 polycystic ovary syndrome
2 Pcos
3 polycystic ovar$
4 stein Leventhal
5 sclerocystic ovaries
6 or/1–5
7 feeding and eating disorders
8 Anorexia
9 anorexia nervosa
10 bulimia
11 bulimia nervosa
12 food craving
13 food addiction
14 binge eating
15 overeat$
17 eating disorder$
18 eating disorder not otherwise specified
19 other specified feeding or eating disorder
20 unspecified feeding or eating disorder
21 hyperphagi$
22 purg$
23 compulsive exercise$
24 inappropriate compensatory behavior
25 or/7–24
26 6 and 25

Search strategies for EmBASE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Reviews Database were similar to that used for PubMED.