Night eating


Night eating syndrome (NES), is diagnosed when a person eats during the night with full awareness and may be unable to fall asleep again unless they eat again.

Symptoms of NES include the following and often persist for at least two months:
Little or no appetite for breakfast
Eating more food after dinner than during the meal
Eating more than half of daily food intake after dinner hour
Recurrent awakenings from sleep requiring eating to fall back asleep

NES is treated with a combination of drug therapy and counselling. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.