← Previous revisionRevision as of 04:16, 25 October 2026 Line 25: Line 25: }} }} [[File:Fridge_at_night_with_open_door.jpg | thumb | right | alt=open refrigerator at night | open refrigerator at night]] [[File:Fridge_at_night_with_open_door.jpg | thumb | right | alt=open refrigerator at night |Open refrigerator at night]] '''Night eating syndrome '''('''NES''') is classified as an [[Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder]] (OSFED) under the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition'' ([[DSM-5]]).American Psychiatric Association. (2013). ''Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders ''(5th ed.).'' ''Washington, DC: Author. It involves recurrent episodes of night eating after awakening from sleep or after the evening meal.{{Cite journal |last1=Kaur |first1=Jasmine |last2=Dang |first2=An Binh |last3=Gan |first3=Jasmine |last4=An |first4=Zhen |last5=Krug |first5=Isabel |date=2022-01-05 |title=Night Eating Syndrome in Patients With Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder: A Systematic Review |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |language=en |volume=12 |article-number=766827 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.766827 |doi-access=free |pmc=8766715 |pmid=35069340}} Awareness and recall of the eating is present, which is a key characteristic that differentiates the disorder from [[Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder|Sleep-Related Eating Disorder]] (SRED). Although there is some degree of [[comorbidity]] with [[binge eating disorder]] (BED), it differs from [[binge eating]] in that the amount of food consumed in the night is not necessarily objectively large nor is a loss of control over food intake required.{{Cite journal |last=Allison |display-authors=etal |year=2010 |title=Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Night Eating Syndrome |journal=International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=241–247 |doi=10.1002/eat.20693 |pmc=4531092 |pmid=19378289}} The syndrome causes significant distress or functional impairment and cannot be better explained by external influences such as changes in the sleep-wake cycle, social norms, substance use, medication, or another mental or medical disorder. '''Night eating syndrome '''('''NES''') is classified as an [[Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder]] (OSFED) under the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition'' ([[DSM-5]]).American Psychiatric Association. (2013). ''Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders ''(5th ed.).'' ''Washington, DC: Author. It involves recurrent episodes of night eating after awakening from sleep or after the evening meal.{{Cite journal |last1=Kaur |first1=Jasmine |last2=Dang |first2=An Binh |last3=Gan |first3=Jasmine |last4=An |first4=Zhen |last5=Krug |first5=Isabel |date=2022-01-05 |title=Night Eating Syndrome in Patients With Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder: A Systematic Review |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |language=en |volume=12 |article-number=766827 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.766827 |doi-access=free |pmc=8766715 |pmid=35069340}} Awareness and recall of the eating is present, which is a key characteristic that differentiates the disorder from [[Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder|Sleep-Related Eating Disorder]] (SRED). Although there is some degree of [[comorbidity]] with [[binge eating disorder]] (BED), it differs from [[binge eating]] in that the amount of food consumed in the night is not necessarily objectively large nor is a loss of control over food intake required.{{Cite journal |last=Allison |display-authors=etal |year=2010 |title=Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Night Eating Syndrome |journal=International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=241–247 |doi=10.1002/eat.20693 |pmc=4531092 |pmid=19378289}} The syndrome causes significant distress or functional impairment and cannot be better explained by external influences such as changes in the sleep-wake cycle, social norms, substance use, medication, or another mental or medical disorder.