DSM-IV BED was 2.7% in Asians (n = 972) and 1.0% in non-Hispanic Whites (n = 7,487), which were not significantly different66. The 2009–2011 Nurses’ Health Study II (NHS-II) examined DSM-IV BED in a national sample of 73,289 45–64 year-old women using the Yale Food Addiction Scale67. BED prevalence was 8.4% in the total sample and was significantly higher in Whites (8.5%) than Blacks (6.3%), with Hispanics similar to Whites at 7.6% and Asians at 2.9%68.
