PMID- 37375694 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230629 LR - 20230701 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Jun 18 TI - A Scoping Review on the Association between Night Eating Syndrome and Physical Health, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep and Weight Status in Adults. LID - 10.3390/nu15122791 [doi] LID - 2791 AB - Night eating syndrome (NES) is characterised by recurrent episodes of night eating, evident through excessive food consumption after the evening meal or eating after awakening from sleep, often associated with significant distress and/or impairment in functioning. This scoping review was conducted according to PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. The search was conducted through the use of PubMed, Medline (OVID) and SCOPUS, to identify relevant articles published within the last 10 years. Search terms including "Night eating*" OR "NES" and Boolean phrases were used to refine the search. Additionally, the age of participants was restricted to 18 years and above, to ensure only adult participants were included. The abstracts of the remaining articles were used to screen for those that were relevant. From a total of 663 citations, 30 studies assessing night eating syndrome met the inclusion criteria to be included in the review. We found inconsistent associations of NES with higher body mass index (BMI), less physical activity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and poorer quality of sleep. These inconsistencies may have been due to the use of different measurement methods, lack of power from small sample sizes of NES in some studies and varying ages of participants, with associations being more likely to be found in higher-quality, representative populations than in university student samples. There were no associations of NES with T2DM in clinical populations and with hypertension, OSA and metabolic syndrome, but sample sizes were small. The impacts of NES on these medical conditions should be addressed in future, using well-sized and long-term studies involving representative populations of adults. In conclusion, NES likely has negative impacts on BMI, T2DM, physical activity, and sleep quality, which in turn may increase cardio-metabolic risk. However, further research is needed to elucidate the interaction between NES and its associated features. FAU - Sakthivel, Sai Janani AU - Sakthivel SJ AD - Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia. FAU - Hay, Phillipa AU - Hay P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0296-6856 AD - Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia. AD - Mental Health Services SWSLHD, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia. FAU - Mannan, Haider AU - Mannan H AD - Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20230618 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Adult MH - *Night Eating Syndrome MH - Feeding Behavior MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 MH - Quality of Life MH - Sleep MH - *Feeding and Eating Disorders/epidemiology PMC - PMC10301270 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cardiovascular disease OT - diabetes mellitus OT - night eating syndrome OT - obesity OT - obstructive sleep apnoea OT - physical activity OT - sleep COIS- P.H. has been a consultant to Takeda Pharmaceuticals. S.J.S. and H.M. declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/06/28 06:43 MHDA- 2023/06/29 06:43 PMCR- 2023/06/18 CRDT- 2023/06/28 01:34 PHST- 2023/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/29 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/28 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/28 01:34 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu15122791 [pii] AID - nutrients-15-02791 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu15122791 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2023 Jun 18;15(12):2791. doi: 10.3390/nu15122791.