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- Title
Binge eating during pregnancy and birth outcomes: A cohort study in a disadvantaged population in Brazil.
- Authors
Nunes, Maria Angélica Antunes; Pinheiro, Andrea Poyastro; Camey, Suzi Alves; Schmidt, Maria Ines
- Abstract
Objective: To assess the impact of binge eating behavior (BE) during pregnancy on birth outcomes among 697 Brazilian women who attended primary care. Method: Pregnant women answered a questionnaire on sociodemographic data, obstetric history, and The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Perinatal outcomes were obtained from birth records. Birth weight, prematurity, caesarean delivery, being small or large for gestational age were compared among women reporting BE ( N = 119) and those without BE ( N = 578). Poisson regression was used to estimate the association between BE during pregnancy and birth outcomes. Results: BE during pregnancy was not significantly associated with the birth outcomes analyzed. Gestational weight gain was significantly higher among those who reported BE. Discussion: Binge eating behavior during pregnancy may not influence birth outcomes as binge eating disorder does but affects gestational weight gain. Women reporting binge eating during pregnancy should undergo a diagnostic assessment for eating disorders. © 2012 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2012;45:827-831)
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BULIMIA; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; FOOD habits; GESTATIONAL age; LONGITUDINAL method; EVALUATION of medical care; POISSON distribution; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY health care; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; WEIGHT gain; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 7, p827
- ISSN
0276-3478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eat.22024