Prevalence, correlates, and comorbidity of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

The developmental effects of media-ideal internalization and self-objectification processes on adolescents’ negative body-feelings, dietary restraint, and binge eating

“…Although the theorized associations among the objectification theory latent variables are consistent with outcomes of prior cross-sectional studies employing non-clinical samples of adults (see [28,29,32,34] for reviews) and adolescents of both genders [47][48][49], to our knowledge, this was the first study that has examined prospectively and supported the theoretical underpinnings of objectification theory, following participants through the period of greatest risk for the emergence and growth of eating pathology [1][2][3][4][5][12][13][14]. While boys may not necessarily experience evaluation of their bodies to the same extent as girls in the interpersonal context [27,28], there is increasing evidence that boys are similarly over-stimulated by unrealistic body shape ideals and objectified in contemporary mass media [19,26,30,38,40,77].…”

Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

“…This is concerning because not only can disordered eating worsen over time and eventually meet the criteria for an eating disorder (Neumark-Sztainer et al, 2011), but disordered eating can also cause weight gain and obesity (Field et al, 2007;Neumark-Sztainer et al, 2011;Tanofsky-Kraff et al, 2006). Our sample suggested high rates of eating disorders, 15% of our sample compared to 3% of the national average (Swanson, Crow, LeGrange, Swendson, & Merikangas, 2011). The reasons for the high prevalence of eating disorders in our study are not known.…”

Eating Disorders in Adolescents With a History of Obesity

“…4 Of concern, EDs are associated with a chronic course, high relapse rates, and significant impairment, along with a host of medical comorbidities that are often life-threatening. 3 Somewhat counterintuitively, patients with a weight history in the overweight (BMI-for-age $85th percentile but ,95th percentile, as defined by the Centers for and Disease Control and Prevention growth charts 4 ) or obese (BMI-for-age $95th percentile, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts 4 ) range represent a substantial portion of patients presenting for ED treatment. Symptoms in these patients are not limited to bingeeating or bulimic behaviors.…”

“…2 Although pediatric eating disorders (EDs) have not received the same degree of public health attention, they are also serious conditions afflicting a sizable number of children and adolescents. At least 6% of youth suffer from EDs, 3 and .55% of high school girls and 30% of boys report disordered eating symptoms, including engaging in $1 maladaptive behaviors (fasting, diet pills, vomiting, laxatives, binge-eating) to induce weight loss. 4 Of concern, EDs are associated with a chronic course, high relapse rates, and significant impairment, along with a host of medical comorbidities that are often life-threatening.…”