Population
2,825 young women (Finnish twins born 1975-1979), assessed at mean age 24 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
from age 16 until mid-thirties
Authors
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Low BED incidence in young women, often with overweight or MDD, warrants cautious monitoring; leaves open causal and preventive research.
Incident DSM-5 binge eating disorder is relatively rare among young women and is often preceded by relative overweight and comorbid with major depressive disorder.
Mustelin et al. (2015) studied this question.
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