Adherence to a vegetarian diet has been hypothesized to be a factor in the onset and maintenance of disordered eating behavior; however, evidence to support this assumption has been largely mixed. The two studies presented here sought to address the causes of inconsistent findings in previous research, including: small samples of true vegetarians, lack of appropriate operational definitions of ...

Body dissatisfaction is a well-replicated risk factor for disordered eating, yet not all individuals with body dissatisfaction exhibit disordered eating. This study examined the role of perceptions of social norms on the relationship between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Perceptions of descriptive and injunctive peer norms, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating were examined...

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...

Welch, E. 2014. Eating Disorders. Steps Towards an Increased Understanding. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Social Sciences 95. 74 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8917-5. Eating disorders and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors are characterized by an overevaluation of weight and shape, under or over-controlled eati...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate of disordered eating behaviors in young female athletes and to compare the anxiety levels of the athletes with or without disordered eating behaviors. Female athletes (n=243) of 15 to 25 years old from the city, Edirne, in Turkey participated our study. Disordered eating behaviors and anxiety levels of participants were evaluated by t...

Excessive and compulsive exercise is a common behavior of eating disorder patients, especially those who are underweight. It interacts with eating disorder psychopathology by maintaining the eating disorder. Moreover, it may result in over-use injuries and can potentially interfere with weight gain for underweight patients. This lesson will clinicians to make informed decisions regarding the ev...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of stress caused by disordered eating attitudes on bone health in obese adolescents. METHODS A cross-sectional study comprising 80 obese adolescents was performed from November 2013 to September 2014. Twenty-four-hour urinary free cortisol levels were measured as a biological marker of stress. Bone turnover was evaluated using bone-specific alkaline phospha...

OBJECTIVE This article tested whether disordered eating in the spring of sixth grade can be predicted by the behaviors of fifth grade elementary school children. METHOD Measurements of disordered eating were collected from 1906 children (mean age = 10.86 years) at Time 1 (spring of fifth grade), Time 2 (fall of sixth grade), and Time 3 (spring of sixth grade). RESULTS A number of fifth grad...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the role of different forms of threat cues in generating eating behavior among nonclinical women with more or less healthy eating attitudes. METHOD The participants were 60 non-eating-disordered women, divided into those with relatively high and low Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) scores. An ego (self-esteem) threat, a physical threat, or a neutral message was pr...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. However, 20-30% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery experience premature weight stabilization or weight regain postoperatively. We report on the recent literature of predictors of weight loss and the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in bariatric patients. RECENT FINDINGS Preoperative dis...