Disordered Eating Among Adolescents With Chronic Illness and Disability

Parent–adolescent relationships and the development of weight concerns from early to late adolescence

“…Fonseca et al 31 for example, reported that high levels of monitoring were associated with a decreased risk of excessive weight concerns in girls. This finding is indirectly supported by other studies, 32 indicating that youth with eating disorders were more likely to report low levels of parental monitoring.…”

Inadequate Coping Attitudes, Disordered Eating Behaviours and Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

“…Adolescents with chronic illness present higher body dissatisfaction engaged in more high risk weight loss practices (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1995). These data were confirmed by other studies (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1998). While adjusting to the changes of puberty, the adolescence is a period of rapid physical and psychological growth and development.…”

“…It is well-known the association of chronic illness, such as type 1 diabetes, asthma, attention deficit disorder, physical disabilities and seizure disorders, with DEB (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1995;Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1998). Adolescents with chronic illness present higher body dissatisfaction engaged in more high risk weight loss practices (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1995).…”

Measuring Gender Satisfaction Among Women Aging With Paralytic Polio

“…The women placed normative gender expectations above participating in practices that would promote their health. Similarly, Neumark-Sztainer, Story, Falkner, Beuhring, and Resnick (1998) found that girls who showed malabsorption of nutrients related to their disease processes nevertheless preferred to be very thin rather than to correct their health problems. In a study of 20 adolescents with asthma and 20 adolescents with diabetes, Williams (2000) reported that because of social expectations surrounding gender roles, the females with diabetes often adapted their diet and exercise regimen in ways that were not beneficial to their diabetic outcomes.…”

“…This may contribute to eating disorders and low self-esteem in many women, but it can affect women with disabilities still more. Adolescent girls with disabilities have reported significantly higher use of laxatives, diet pills, and vomiting for control of body physique (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 1998). Among women with mastectomies due to breast cancer, normative evaluations of the female body have led many to choose reconstructive surgery, although few find it satisfying and it places them at risk for surgical complications (Kasper, 1995).…”