Sleep-Related Eating Disorder: A Case Report of a Progressed Night Eating Syndrome

Night eating syndrome is a common disorder in eating behaviors that occurs in close relation to the night time sleep cycle. Although eating disorders are common in society, night eating syndrome has been left neglected by health care professionals. In this report we present a case of eating disorder...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta medica Iranica 2012-07, Vol.50 (7), p.522-524
Hauptverfasser: Sayed Shahabuddin Hoseini, Zhamak Khorgami, Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Nasrin Shoar, Mohammad Naderan, Saeed Shoar
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Zusammenfassung:Night eating syndrome is a common disorder in eating behaviors that occurs in close relation to the night time sleep cycle. Although eating disorders are common in society, night eating syndrome has been left neglected by health care professionals. In this report we present a case of eating disorder that exhibits some novel features of night eating syndrome. Our case was a progressed type of eating disorder which may increase awareness among physicians about sleep-related eating disorders.
ISSN:0044-6025
0173-5969