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To describe the clinical and videopolysomnographic characteristics of nocturnal eating episodes in sleep-related eating disorder.

Descriptive study of outpatients prospectively enrolled in 2 sleep centers.

Videopolysomnographic recordings done in the sleep laboratory.

Thirty-five consecutive drug-free patients with nocturnal eating.

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Clinical interviews disclosed abnormal compulsory nocturnal eating episodes in all patients associated with a clinical report of sleepwalking (in 1), somniloquy (in 5), restless legs syndrome (in 8), and periodic limb movements during sleep (in 4). Videopolysomnography documented 45 episodes of nocturnal eating in 26 patients. Eating always occurred after complete awakenings …