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Article: U. Texas study finds restaurants risky for binge eaters
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- October 27, 2006
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Weiwen Ji
University Wire
10-27-2006
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Restaurants are a high-risk environment for binge eaters, and depression can agitate unhealthy food habits, according to a new study conducted by Gayle Timmerman, assistant dean of the University of Texas School of Nursing.
The article, "Restaurant Eating in Nonpurge Binge-Eating Women," will be published in the November issue of the Western Journal of Nursing Research. The study involved 121 female participants, including 71 nonpurge binge eaters, or persons who do not vomit after binge eating.
According to the study, people eat out at restaurants about 3.5 days per week. When eating at restaurants, 27 percent of ...