This study represents a first attempt to explore the typology of French female young adults based on personal definitions healthy eating and examine inter-group differences regarding their tendencies towards Orthorexia Nervosa (ON), disordered (ED) obsessive-compulsive (OC) behaviors. 362 (Mage = 23.43, SD 3.82) completed 40-item questionnaire assessing eating, Eating Habits Questionnaire, Eati...

Disordered eating is common among adolescent females. Clinical eating disorders are associated with high rates of depression and anxiety in adulthood. However, the extent to which this is the case for subthreshold disordered eating remains unclear, and raises issues for early detection and intervention, prognosis and treatment planning. The current study aimed to enhance knowledge on the longit...

Abstract The objective of this study was to examine whether the use and addiction social networks are associated with disordered eating in Spanish adolescents. A cross-sectional carried out using data from Eating Healthy Daily Life Activities study. final sample included 653 adolescents (44.0% boys). Social network (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok) evaluated by a single ite...

Aspects of disordered eating and personality traits, such as neuroticism, are correlated and individually heritable. We examined the phenotypic correlation between binge eating episodes and indices of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and control/impulsivity). For correlations ≥|0.20|, we estimated the extent to which genetic and e...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of a school-based intervention to promote healthful nutrition and physical activity on disordered weight-control behaviors (self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives or diet pills to control weight) in early adolescent girls and boys. DESIGN Using a group-randomized, controlled-trial design, we randomly assigned middle schools to an intervention or control co...

Comparing one's body to those of individuals perceived as more attractive is common among college women, and has been associated with increases in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Not all college women are vulnerable to the negative influence of these upward body comparisons; however, little is known about characteristics that may distinguish more vulnerable women. Coping styles, whi...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate prevalence disordered eating behaviors and attitudes in Slovenian male female categorized athletes relation depressive symptoms their alcohol consumption. Methods: sample included 198 between 18 20 years age. Eating Attitude Test, Center for Epidemologic Studies Depression Scale, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were used measure behavio...

OBJECTIVES The current study sought to compare different features of unhealthy exercise on associations with disordered eating and their ability to identify individuals with eating disorders. A secondary aim of the study was to compare prevalence and overlap of different aspects of unhealthy exercise and potential differences in their gender distribution. DESIGN Cross-sectional epidemiologica...

This study compared maladaptive core beliefs of eating-disordered groups (full and subthreshold syndrome) and healthy controls and investigated the association between eating disorder symptoms and core beliefs. Participants were compared on self-report measures of core beliefs (YSQ) and eating disorder psychopathology (BITE). Anorexia nervosa (AN; both subtypes) and bulimia nervosa (BN) patient...