A Pilot Study Evaluating a Binge-Eating Screener in Children: Development of the Children’s Brief Binge-Eating Questionnaire in a Pediatric Obesity Clinic

(EDA). Reliability and validity were assessed by examining results of the CBBEQ compared with the EDA, as well as measures of sleep, depression, and anxiety. Twenty-four of seventy (34%) children met full diagnostic interview criteria for BED and 12 (17%) met subclinical criteria. The CBBEQ demonstrated 100% specificity, 93% sensitivity, and a 100% negative predictive value for BED at a cutoff total score of 9. If confirmed in larger sample, this questionnaire could be a quick and accurate clinical tool for non-mental health providers to identify children at risk for BED.