Definitions of Night Eating in Adolescent Girls

Eating attitudes in adolescent girls.

INTRODUCTION Eating disorders are more common in women; especially adolescent girls are at risk. Our objective was to assess whether the adolescent girls were satisfied with their present physical appearance and weight and to analyze their views about their appearance. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The survey was conducted among female adolescents, aged 16-17, in all secondary schools in Banjaluka, us...

Etiological model of disordered eating behaviors in Brazilian adolescent girls.

The objective was to construct an etiological model of disordered eating behaviors in Brazilian adolescent girls. A total of 1,358 adolescent girls from four cities participated. The study used psychometric scales to assess disordered eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, media pressure, self-esteem, mood, depressive symptoms, and perfectionism. Weight, height, and skinfolds were measured to ...

Finding a Model to Predict Anxiety-Based Eating Behaviors with Self-Esteem Interventions in Adolescent Girls

The present research, which is of the basic-applied kind, has aimed to find a model for predicting anxiety-based eating behaviors with self-esteem interventions in adolescent girls. The statistical population consisted of all female senior high school students in the city of Tehran during the school year 2019-2020, 461 of whom were selected as the sample. Clustered sampling was used as the samp...

Measuring eating concerns in Black and White adolescent girls.

OBJECTIVE Few instruments exist to measure eating concerns in adolescent girls from diverse ethnic backgrounds. METHODS A Children's version of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-C) has been under development for several years and was designed to be more appropriate for younger children with lower reading levels. However, little is known about the validity of this instrument. The current stud...

Self Injurious Behavior in Adolescent Girls with Eating Disorders