An Exploration of Night Eating Syndrome and Mood
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative study examining existing relationships between Night Eating Syndrome, obesity and mood.
IRAS ID
169135
Contact name
James Shillito
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 0 days
Research summary
Night eating syndrome (NES) involves eating a lot of food after an evening meal. NES also includes waking up a lot during the night and not eating food in the morning. NES is generally more common in obese people. World rates of obesity show that it is growing all the time with more people now having weight loss surgery than ever. With this in mind, it has been found that people with NES generally have more problems losing weight. Mood problems such as depression and anxiety are also commonly found.
There is not much research which has looked at obesity, night eating and mood together. Because of this, the study aims to increase what we know in this area. To do so, the study will talk to 10 to 15 people. These will be obese patients who are attending a service to help them with their weight. People in the study will be asked about their night eating and mood. Any topics that appear again and again in the interviews will be noted. These topics will then be used to build a general understanding of obesity, night eating and mood. It is hoped that this study may help to design better treatments in the future. This is because current treatments for people with NES are not very successful.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0274
Date of REC Opinion
13 Aug 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion