Binge eating, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in participants of the ELSA-Brazil.

Background: This study investigates the relationship between recurrent binge eating episodes and nutritional and food profiles and lifestyle in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde do Adulto - ELSA-Brazil) cohort.

Results: Recurrent binge eating episodes were associated with obesity (OR 5.188; confidence interval [CI] 4.