Mental Health Disorders - Eating Disorders: Night Eating Syndrome

Summary of Recommendations and Evidence


 

Night eating syndrome (NES) was identified in 1955 by a psychiatrist with a specialty in eating disorders (1). NES is characterized by “morning anorexia, evening hyperphagia and/or nocturnal ingestions, and insomnia” and is a “dysfunction of circadian rhythm with a dissociation between eating and sleeping” (1).

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INTERVENTION 
  1. Behavioural Therapies
    1.  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
    2.  Muscle Relaxation Therapy
    3.  Bright Light Therapy
    4.  Dietary Changes


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