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financial compensation. In response to this, IRB approval was obtained to offer compensation of $4 for each day light therapy ($56 for 14-day completion) starting in the fall of 2013. This helped with recruitment but only 12 participants had completed the study by June 1, 2014. The request was approved at this time to reduce the total number of participants to 15. Inclusion Criteria Participants were individuals between 18-65 years of age and who self-reported night eating behaviors over the last three months. This was confirmed with the Night Eating Syndrome History and Inventory (NESHI), described in the assessments below. Specifically, individuals who have nocturnal ingestions of food at least once a week and/or evening hyperphagia (≥25% of total daily caloric intake consumed after the evening meal) were included in the study. Although the research diagnostic criteria for NES requires nocturnal ingestions that occur at least twice a week, less stringent criteria was used for this study (Alison et al., 2010). The primary reason for reducing this criteria was that proposals for modification to the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for eating disorders in general moved toward once a week occurrences of problematic behaviors (purging, binging, etc.) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Participants were 2 either male or female with a body mass index (BMI) over 18.5 kg/m . Exclusion Criteria Individuals were not enrolled in the study if they were engaged in active treatment for their night eating behavior during the previous 3 months, if they had a current full threshold diagnosis of bipolar disorder, a substance abuse disorder or eating disorder, or if they had any changes to their prescribed psychotropic medications in the last month. Individuals taking regular prescription or over the counter sleep aid medications (including melatonin) were excluded. Individuals were also excluded if they are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, if 28PDF Image | BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY FOR late NIGHT EATING SYNDRome
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