PURPOSE The aim of this study was to ascertain the clinical characteristics of drug-induced sleep-related eating disorder (SRED). PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 30 patients with primary SRED (without any comorbid sleep disorders and who were not taking any possible causative medications), and ten patients with drug-induced SRED (occurrence of SRED epis...

INTRODUCTION Shift work is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Shift workers who are awake overnight and sleep during the day are misaligned with their body's endogenous circadian rhythm. Eating at night contributes to this increased risk of CVD by forcing the body to actively break down and process nutrients at night. This pilot study aims to determine whether altering...

background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is a serious public health concern worldwide; however, the pathogenesis of this disease has not been yet cleared. this study aimed to compare diet quality in obese/overweight participants with/without metabolic syndrome with normal weight controls.   methods: this was a comparative study on 147 iranian adults under treatment at the endocrinology center of t...

Objective Several types of nasal packs are used postoperatively in septoplasty. In this study, we compared two commonly used nasal packing materials, the intranasal septal splint with airway and Merocel tampon, in terms of pain, bleeding, nasal obstruction, eating difficulties, discomfort in sleep, and pain and bleeding during removal of packing in the early period. Methods The study group in...

BACKGROUND This study examined the relationships between stress responses and lifestyle, including sleeping and eating behaviors, in Japanese workers according to sex. METHODS Questionnaires about stress responses and lifestyle were completed by 3,017 workers in a financial enterprise (41.5% men, 58.5% women). Data were collected in Japan in August 2011. Participants were classified into stre...

Accounts of altered eating behavior in semantic dementia generally emphasize gluttony and abnormal food preferences. Here we describe two female patients with no past history of eating disorders who developed early prominent aversion to food in the context of an otherwise typical semantic dementia syndrome. One patient (aged 57) presented features in line with anorexia nervosa while the second ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BCM: Body Cell Mass; BED: Binge Eating Disorder; BES: Binge Eating Scalel; BIA: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis; BMI: Body Mass Index; BT: Behavioral Therapy; CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; FFM: Total Fat-Free Body Mass in Kg; FM: Fat Body Mass in Kg; MetS: Metabolic Syndrome; NBED: Non Binge Eating Disorder; WC: Waist Circumference