Partial Eating Disorders in a Community Sample of Female Adolescents

Stein, Dan J.; Meged, Sorin; Bar-Hanin, Tirza; Blank, Shulamit; Elizur, Avner; Weizman, Abraham

doi:10.1097/00004583-199708000-00019

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“…With regard to the female population, these results are similar to those found in previous communally based samples of Israeli-Jewish female adolescents (18 -19%) (Apter et al, 1994;Latzer & Shatz, 2001;Latzer & Tzischinsky, 2003Stein et al, 1997), but lower than those found among Israeli-Arab schoolgirls (25%) (Apter et al, 1994;Latzer, Tzischinsky, & Azaiza, 2007). The prevalence rate is also similar to those found in other western countries (Dancyger & Garfinkel, 1995;Lichener, Arnett, Rallo, Srikameswaran, & Vulcano, 1986;Patton, 1988;Patton, Johnson-Sabine, Wood, Mann, & Wakeling, 1990;Scheinberg et al, 1992;Toro, Castro, Garcta, Perez, & Cuesta, 1989;Whitaker et al, 1989;Wichstrom, 1995) and to those found in two studies conducted in Saudi Arabia (19.6% of the sample scored above 20) (Al-Subaie, 1998;Al-Subaie et al, 1996).…”

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Not just a western girls' problem: eating attitudes among Israeli-Arab adolescent boys and girls

Latzer

Azaiza

Tzischinsky

2012

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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The aim of the study was to compare eating attitudes and behaviours between IsraeliArab adolescent boys and girls from two religious, age and residential settings subgroups. The sample consisted of 1966 Israeli-Arab adolescents, from Grades 7-12 (42% boys, 93% Muslims and 7% Christians), who completed the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), demographic and clinical questionnaires. The girls had significantly higher EAT-26 scores than boys. Of the students, 17.6% (18.7% of girls and 16.4% of boys) had disturbed eating attitudes . No significant differences were found between girls and boys in age and religious affiliation subgroups; however, more girls in urban areas had disturbed eating attitudes than boys. The results demonstrate a high prevalence of disturbed eating attitudes among both male and female Israeli-Arab adolescents and emphasise that boys are at risk as much as girls. It is suggested that there are more similarities than differences between boys and girls.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Not just a western girls' problem: eating attitudes among Israeli-Arab adolescent boys and girls

Latzer

Azaiza

Tzischinsky

2012

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…Cotrufo et al 3 and Stein et al 4 reported, respectively, a prevalence rate of 14.4 and 34% in a non-clinical population, whereas Mizes and Sloan 5 and Nicholls et al 6 found a prevalence rate of 26 and 58% in clinical samples.…”

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The EAT-26 as screening instrument for clinical nutrition unit attenders

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Objective: The aim of this study was to use the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) as a screening instrument on a specific population with a marked prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). The EAT-26 questionnaire was used in order to identify the high-risk subjects for referral to clinical evaluation. Method: EAT-26 was administered to 845 subjects who, for the first time, came to the Nutritional Medicine Service looking for a diet between January 1999 and December 2002. From this initial sample, subsequently, 250 subjects were randomly selected and administered a semistructured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID I, version 2.0). Results: Discriminant analysis provided a cutoff value of EAT-26 ¼ 11. Logistic regression analysis indicated high Dieting (D) or Bulimia (B) subscale scores as a risk factor of EDNOS or bulimia nervosa (BN) cases, respectively; on the other hand, a high Oral Control (O) subscale score represented a protecting factor for BED cases. Conclusion: Our study tried to assess the usefulness of EAT-26 as a screening instrument for obese patients attending a Medical Nutritional Service. Results from this study suggest that a cutoff score of 11, lower than that indicated in the literature, improves the diagnostic accuracy of the EAT-26 in a high-risk setting regarding sensibility level (68.1%) and leading to a reduction of the false negative rate (31.9%).

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“…In addition, they did not examine the associations between eating disorders and specific types of depressive and anxiety disorders. A number of studies conducted with adolescent community samples have similarly indicated that high levels of anxiety and depressed mood were common among adolescents with abnormal or irregular eating patterns (Fisher, Schneider, Pegler, & Napolitano, 1991;Stein et al, 1997). However, many of these findings are based on self-report assessments that examine general eating behaviors and attitudes; few studies have used diagnostic interviews that assess eating disorder symptomatology.…”

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confidence: 99%