Question

Sam is a 22-year-old graduate. He moved to a new city after his studies and started living on his own. His current job is extremely demanding and stressful. Over the past three months, although he controls his food intake during the day, he has been gaining weight. He has also noticed leftovers and dirty dishes in the kitchen when he gets up in the morning even though he hardly eats at home. In this scenario, Sam is exhibiting symptoms of _____.

Answer 1

The correct answer is nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder

Sleep-Related Eating Disorder is a mixture of eating disorder and sleep. It is characterized by involuntary episodes of eating and / or drinking while sleeping, that is, with the person still sleeping, without remembering what happened the next day. It is considered by many authors as an atypical form of sleepwalking, since it is a form of parasomnia.