INTRODUCTION Emotional eating has been defined as eating in a response to negative emotions and it is associated with weight gain. The English version of Eating Appraisal Due to Emotions and Stress Questionnaire (EADES) was developed to assess how individuals use food in order to cope with stress and emotions. OBJECTIVE To analyze psychometric characteristics of Spanish version of EADES and t...

School counsellors are often the first point of contact when people are concerned about a young person’s eating. The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Eating Disorders Program in collaboration with The Children’s Hospital School has developed an eating disorder education program for school counsellors. The aim of this program is to equip school counsellors with general knowledge about eating diso...

Comparison of eating attitudes among university students from the five Brazilian regions Comparação das Atitudes Alimentares entre universitárias das cinco regiões brasileiras Resumo Atitudes alimentares são crenças, pen-Abstract Eating attitudes can be defined as beliefs , thoughts, feelings, behavior and relationship with food. They can influence people's food choices and health status. The s...

The Program for Disordered Eating run at Headspace Gold Coast is a new intervention developed in September 2012 in response to an identified unmet need for a service for young people with eating issues. This program aims to provide screening, assessment and early intervention for those who are suffering from disordered eating at a distressing level but who do not meet the criteria for local pub...

Eating disorders are multifactorial conditions that can involve a combination of genetic, metabolic, environmental, and behavioral factors. Studies in humans and laboratory animals show that eating can also be regulated by factors unrelated to metabolic control. Several studies suggest a link between stress, access to highly palatable food, and eating disorders. Eating "comfort foods" in respon...

introduction : eating disorders are serious psychiatric illness, defined by abnormal eating behaviors, shape and weight regulation difficulties and weight over concern.  objectives: this study sought to explore the prevalence and intensity of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and their sub-thresholds in women who referred to wellness and fitness centers. materials and methods: 946...

The primary aim was to examine the influence of subclinical disordered eating on autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) and social problem solving (SPS). A further aim was to establish if AMS mediated the relationship between eating psychopathology and SPS. A non-clinical sample of 52 females completed the autobiographical memory test (AMT), where they were asked to retrieve specific memorie...

BACKGROUND The long-term efficacy of psychological treatments for binge eating disorder remains largely unknown. AIMS To examine the long-term efficacy of out-patient group cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for binge eating disorder and to analyse predictors of long-term non-response. METHOD Ninety people with binge eating disorder were assessed...

Uniform diagnostic criteria for the night eating syndrome (NES), a disorder characterized by a delay in the circadian pattern of eating, have not been established. Proposed criteria for NES were evaluated using item response theory (IRT) analysis. Six studies yielded 1,481 Night Eating Questionnaires which were coded to reflect the presence/absence of five night eating symptoms. Symptoms were e...