Food behavior as risk factor for developing eating disorders

Personality prototype as a risk factor for eating disorders.

OBJECTIVE To establish whether the risk of suffering from an eating disorder (ED) is associated with the high-functioning, undercontrolled, or overcontrolled personality prototype groups. METHOD The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and the Eating Disorder Inventory 2 (EDI-2) were administered to 69 patients diagnosed as suffering from EDs (cases) and 89 people free of any ED sympt...

Risk for Eating Disorders and Neuropsychological Functioning: Developing Risk Models

Binge drinking in women at risk for developing eating disorders.

OBJECTIVE To determine binge drinking rates in college-age women at risk for eating disorders and to examine factors related to binge drinking over time. METHOD Participants were 480 college-age women who were at high risk for developing an eating disorder (ED) and who had a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 32. Participants were assessed annually for 4 years. RESULTS Participants report...

Visoconstructive deficits and risk of developing eating disorders.

In order to explore if neuropsychological deficits on visual constructional ability could be related to risk eating behaviors, a total of 102 women were evaluated, 51 of the participants had been formally diagnosed with eating disorders and 51 did not. All participants were given the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure and The Tower of London Task. Results revealed ...

Eating Behavior, Self-concept and Body Image in Pre-adolescents as Risk Factors in Development of Eating Disorders