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Binge eating in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: prevalence, causes, and management strategies

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Krug, Isabel, Giles, Sarah, Paganini, Chiara·2019·Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
DOI 10.2147/ndt.s168944PMC PMC6529622
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Emerging evidence suggests that disordered eating, particularly binge-eating symptomatology, is overrepresented within Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) populations. This comorbidity presents a clinical dilemma as current treatment approaches for PCOS emphasize the importance of weight management, diet, exercise, and the potential for harm of such treatment approaches in PCOS patients with comorbid disordered eating. However, limited research has assessed the occurrence of binge eating and disordered eating in PCOS patients. Consequently, little is known about the prevalence of binge eating in PCOS, and the possible etiological processes to explain this comorbidity remain poorly understood. Given the paucity of research on this topic, the aims of this narrative review are fourfold: 1) to outline the main symptoms of PCOS and binge eating; 2) to provide an overview of the prevalence of binge eating in PCOS; 3) to outline possible etiological factors for the comorbidity between PCOS and binge eating; and 4) to provide an overview of management strategies of binge eating in PCOS.

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Krug, I., Giles, S., & Paganini, C.
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  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • University of Tasmania (AU)
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
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2019-05
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Volume 15
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1273-1285
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  • 1176-6328 (ISSN-L)
  • 1178-2021
DOI
10.2147/ndt.s168944
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PMC6529622
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  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian function and disorders
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
binge eating, polycystic ovary syndrome, disordered eating, eating disorders, prevalence, etiology, weight management, management strategies, comorbidities

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