Dieting Behavior and Eating Attitudes in Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-489
Author(s):  
Michael J. Maloney ◽  
Julie McGuire ◽  
Stephen R. Daniels ◽  
Bonny Specker
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Dieting Behavior ◽  
Abnormal Eating

Many studies document the high prevalence of dieting and abnormal eating behaviors in adolescents and young adults. The age of onset of eating disorders remains unclear because there are no published surveys of voluntary dieting and eating attitudes in young children. A total of 318 girls and boys were surveyed from two randomly chosen schools in middle-income neighborhoods. The children were equally distributed among grades 3 through 6. The survey included a children's version of the Eating Attitudes Test and a demographic and dieting questionnaire. Results showed that 45% of the children wanted to be thinner, 37% had already tried to lose weight, and 6.9% scored in the anorexia nervosa range, closely matching the published results concerning teenagers and young adult women. Several questions were isolated by univariate and multiple regression analyses that accurately (P < .05) predicted children's Eating Attitude Test scores. The fact that young children admit having diet preoccupation and atypical eating attitudes is shown in this study. It may be possible to improve early case identification of children at risk for anorexia nervosa and perhaps improve intervention strategies by focusing on the early development of dieting behavior in young children.

Perfectionism, a Transdiagnostic Construct In Eating Disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S431-S431 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Rodriguez Cano ◽  
L. Beato Fernandez ◽  
B. Mata Saenz ◽  
L. Rojo Moreno ◽  
F.J. Vaz Leal
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
The Body ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Eating Psychopathology ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionPerfectionism is considered a multidimensional key risk factor for Eating Disorders (EDs). There are discrepancies regarding if it is mainly associated to Anorexia nervosa (AN) but not to other EDs.ObjectivesTo study if Perfectionism is not only related with AN, but it is present in all EDs and associated with more transdiagnostic attitudes and behaviors.AimsTo see if there were significant differences among EDs subgroups concerning Perfectionism and to study which abnormal eating attitudes were more associated with this trait.MethodsParticipants were 151 outpatients with EDs. DSM-IVTR diagnoses were: 44 (29.1%) Anorexia Nervosa (AN), 55 (36.4%) Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and 52 (34.4%) Eating Disorders not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). Perfectionism was assessed with the Edinburg Investigatory Test (EDI-2) subscale; general psychopathology with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire (RSE). Eating psychopathology was measured with the Bulimic Investigatory Test (BITE), Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), EDI-2 and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ).ResultsNo significant differences were found regarding Perfectionism among the three groups. Body dissatisfaction was the variable most associated with Perfectionism (β = 0.330, F = 14.2, P < 0.001, 10.9% of the variance) adjusting for general and eating psychopathology. Ascetism and Interoceptive awareness were the EDI-2 subscales most associated with Perfectionism.ConclusionsThe findings confirm that Perfectionism is present in all EDs and there is a relationship between body dissatisfaction and Perfectionism. Interplay has been suggested between these two factors for the development of EDs.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Is There a Relationship between Breastfeeding Status and Life Style Changes, Eating Behaviors, Attitudes, and Orthorexia Nervosa tendencies of Mothers? A Web Based Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuba FENERCIOGLU EKEN ◽  
Duygu AYHAN BASER ◽  
İsmail KASIM ◽  
İrfan SENCAN ◽  
Adem ÖZKARA
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
General Level ◽  
Life Style Changes ◽  
Main Meal

Objective: It was aimed to compare the breastfeeding status and healthy life style changes, eating behaviors, attitudes, and orthorectic tendencies of mothers. Materials and Methods: All volunteered mothers who have a child between the ages of 0 and 2 were included in this cross-sectional study. 514 individuals were included. Five parted questionnaire and “ORTO-11” test and “Eating Attitude Test” was used. Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between breastfeeding status and working status and professions of mothers. Mothers who did not breastfeed, skipped main meal more frequently, and smoking and occasional alcohol consumption was higher. The mean score of the participants on the ORTO-11 scale was 25.09 ± 4.80, EAT-40 scale mean score was 18.80 ± 10.42. High risk in eating attitudes was found in 12.0% of all participants. It was observed that mothers who did not breastfeed were mostly in high risk group in terms of eating attitude. Conclusion: Mothers who did not breastfeed were mostly in high risk group in terms of eating attitude compared to breastfeeding mothers. It is of great importance that healthcare professionals organize trainings for increasing the general level of knowledge of mothers and provide healthy living and breastfeeding counseling.

scholarly journals The relationship between social media use, eating attitude and body mass index among nutrition and dietetic female students: A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Fatma Esra Güneş ◽  
Şule Aktaç ◽  
Dicle Kargin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media using habits, frequency and duration, and body mass index on eating attitudes. Material and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with female students who received nutrition and dietetics education in Istanbul. A questionnaire consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), and Social Media Attitude Scale was applied to 1248 female volunteers by the face-to-face interview method.Results: It was found that 35.7% of the participants had abnormal eating attitudes and 89.6% showed a positive attitude towards social media. 93.7% of the group with abnormal eating attitudes indicated a positive attitude towards social media, 0.4% had a negative attitude and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). It was observed that a significant difference between EAT-40 and thought of an eating problem, having a social media membership, and spending time on social media (p<0.05).Conclusions: Social media have an effect on nutrition dietetics students on abnormal eating attitude; it did not show a significant effect on BMI.

Eating Attitudes and Neurotic Symptoms in University Students

1983 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Clarke ◽  
R. L. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
University Students ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Clinical Severity ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Eating Attitude Test ◽  
Attitude Test

SummaryA postal survey of male and female university students is reported, using the Eating Attitude Test (EAT) and the Crown Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI). Eleven per cent of the 156 female respondents but none of 120 males scored above 30 on the EAT, thereby declaring eating attitudes comparable to anorexic subjects. Of those interviewed, none fulfilled diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, but half showed eating disorder of clinical severity. There was a clear association between high EAT scores and higher scores on all the subscales of the CCEI except the phobic scale. The results are discussed in relation to ideas about the possible origins of clinical eating disorders.

Abnormal Eating Attitudes in Young Insulin-Dependent Diabetics

1989 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Steel ◽  
R. J. Young ◽  
G. G. Lloyd ◽  
C. C. A. Macintyre
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Royal Infirmary ◽  
Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Insulin Dependent

All insulin-dependent diabetics between the ages of 16 and 25 years attending the diabetic clinic at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, (152 women and 139 men) were asked to complete the EAT, the EDI, and the GHQ, and to provide a control subject (sibling or close friend) of similar age who would do likewise. Marked differences were found between diabetic women (but not men) and their controls in eating attitudes, in many of the psychological characteristics associated with eating disorders, and in GHQ scores. Although some of the women had classic anorexia nervosa or bulimia, others with abnormal eating attitudes did not fulfil the formal criteria. Overall, diabetics were significantly heavier than controls but the differences in eating attitudes were not eliminated by correcting for overweight. Abnormal scores were associated with high HbA, levels and independently with retinopathy. The weight gain and psychological effects of diabetes are identified as probably of aetiological importance in the abnormal eating attitudes of young diabetic women.

Eating Attitudes as Related to Demographic and Personality Characteristics: A High School Survey

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 834-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praful Chandarana ◽  
Edward Helmes ◽  
Nancy Benson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Eat 26

A survey of 577 high school students was conducted to assess attitudes toward eating and their relationship to demographic and personality characteristics. Students completed a demographic questionnaire, and Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) and the Basic Personality Inventory (A-BPI). When a cut-off score of 20 on EAT-26 was applied, overall prevalence of disordered eating attitude was found to be 7.5%. Groups scoring in pathological versus normal ranges showed no significant difference in mean age, socioeconomic status or race. The former group reported significantly shorter height and lower body weight. Of the subjects, 6.06% reported weight below the 10th percentile. This subgroup did not vary from those above the 10th percentile on sociodemographic and psychopathological variables, nor in prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes. Analysis of the A-BPI data showed subjects with abnormal eating attitudes had increased psychopathology in several areas, with greater neurotic tendencies, lower self-esteem and higher levels of deviant thinking and behaviour.

scholarly journals Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Comelli Alberton ◽  
Márcio José Dal-Bó ◽  
Anna Paula Piovezan ◽  
Rosemeri Maurici da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Gender Study ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Eat 26

OBJECTIVES: Disturbances in eating behavior significantly affect young adults. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviors, according to the Eating Attitudes Test - 26 (EAT-26) in medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina State, Brazil. METHODS: Self-reported questionnaire, based on the EAT-26 scale, was administered to medical students. Additional questions about age, gender, study period of the course, weight and height were asked. A total of 391 medical students were assessed, amounting to 93.3 percent of the 419 students enrolled. RESULTS: Ten percent of the surveyed subjects had positive EAT-26 scores. This outcome measure was positive associated with females (PR 6.5), body mass index (BMI) ≤ 25 kg/m² (PR 4.5), age ≤ 20 years (PR 1.3) and being student from 1st to 5th semester of the course (PR 1.7). A higher proportion of women gave positive responses to behaviors related to control of food intake or weight loss than men. CONCLUSION: The significant prevalence of behaviors related to eating disorders, predominantly among women, suggests the implementation of preventive measures targeting this population.

Decreased food intake after a choking incident

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-180
Author(s):  
Kathryn S. Czepiel
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Patient At Risk

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder characterized by problematic eating habits that place the patient at risk for nutritional deficiencies, weight loss, dependence on enteral feeding or nutritional supplements, or marked interference with psychosocial functioning. Unlike most other eating disorders, the abnormal eating behaviors seen in ARFID are not motivated by a disturbance in body image or the desire to be thinner. Compared to other eating disorders, ARFID is more likely to present in younger males with a median age of onset of 11 to 12 years. Symptoms of ARFID may develop after a traumatic food event such as choking. The assessment of ARFID should include a history including eating habits and a medical workup that evaluates for coexisting medical conditions. Successful treatment plans employ a multidisciplinary approach that includes weight stabilization and exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy.

Nutritional status, Healthy Eating Index and eating attitudes of the adolescents in Istanbul: a cross-sectional study

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Binnur Okan Bakir ◽  
Hulya Akan ◽  
Mehmet Akman ◽  
Oguzhan Zahmacioglu ◽  
Osman Hayran
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Eating Attitude Test ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Quality Diet ◽  
Eat 26

Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate dietary quality of adolescents by using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and to assess their eating attitudes by the EAT-26 Eating Attitude Test. Methods: Eight schools; four primary schools and four secondary schools were randomly selected from the school list of official website of Istanbul Education National Directorate. Five hundred and ninety-eight students who met the inclusion criteria included in the study, 24 h dietary recalls were collected to calculate their HEI scores and eating attitudes were evaluated by EAT-26 Eating Attitude Test. Their weight, height and waist circumference were measured. Results: According to HEI scores, only two (0.3%) of adolescents had high quality diet, 379 (63.4%) had diet quality that needed improvement and 217 (36.3%) had poor diet. Regarding Eating Attitude Test scores, 513 (85.8%) had normal attitudes regarding eating behaviors. Conclusion: Almost all of the participants need either development or major changes in their eating behaviors. Interventions aiming high quality diet among adolescents are strongly recommended.

scholarly journals Do parents perceive the abnormal eating attitudes of their adolescent children with anorexia nervosa?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Isabel Laporta-Herrero ◽  
Patricia Latorre
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Clinical Notes ◽  
Observation Scale ◽  
Behavior Observation ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Early Phases

Parents are often the first to detect the initial signs of anorexia nervosa (AN) and take necessary measures to ensure that their children receive appropriate treatment. The evaluation of AN in adolescence is complicated by taking into account the tendency to minimize and deny the symptoms by adolescents, and the difficulty of parents in detecting the main symptoms. We compared the adolescent and parent scores on measures of disordered eating at initial presentation. The sample consisted of 62 adolescents diagnosed with AN, who attended an eating disorder children’s unit. Adolescents completed the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) and their parents the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale (ABOS). The questionnaire data were collected as part of the routine clinical practice and were obtained from clinical notes. The findings indicate no significant correlations between the EAT-40 and ABOS scores, or between AN subtypes according to parent observation of symptoms. There were significant differences between parents, with mothers reporting higher scores than fathers. This study highlights the importance of psychoeducation for parents on the early signs of AN, in order to improve recognition and diagnosis at initial assessment of their adolescent children in the early phases.

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