What is Night Eating Syndrome?

Night eating syndrome is a combination of insomnia and binge eating disorder; an individual eats a regular diet during the day, but binges after the evening meal or during the night when they can’t sleep. The disease can be accompanied by the feeling of needing to eat to get back to sleep.

Definition

WebMD

Night eating syndrome (NES) is a condition that combines overeating at night with sleep problems. With NES, you eat a lot after dinner, have trouble sleeping, and eat when you wake up at night.

Walden

Night eating syndrome is an eating disorder, characterized by a delayed circadian pattern of food intake.

Eating Recovery Center

Night eating syndrome (NES) is a distinct eating disorder. It caused by an underlying “dysregulation” of body clocks that impact appetite, sleep/wake times, and overall energy levels. Thus, it is considered, in part, a combination of a mood, eating, and sleep disorder.

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Night eating syndrome is a combination of insomnia and binge eating disorder; an individual eats a…