Research paper
Vanderlinden J, Dalle Grave R, Vandereycken W, Noorduin C. Which factors do provoke binge-eating? An exploratory study in female students. Eating Behaviors. 2001 Spring;2(1):79-83. doi:10.1016/s1471-0153(00)00025-8
Why we cite it
Early exploratory study establishing boredom as the most prevalent and most discomfort-producing emotional trigger for binge eating in a non-clinical female student sample. Introduced the Binge Eating Trigger Checklist (BETCH) as a screening tool. Key contribution is the 66% prevalence figure — two-thirds of binge eaters identifying boredom as a trigger — which has become a widely cited statistic in the boredom-eating literature. Also demonstrated that binge episodes result from combined emotional and physiological antecedents, not single triggers.