2003
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.4.900
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Relation Between Dieting and Weight Change Among Preadolescents and Adolescents

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Objective. To assess whether dieting to control weight was associated with weight change among children and adolescents.Methods. A prospective study was conducted of 8203 girls and 6769 boys who were 9 to 14 years of age in 1996, were in an ongoing cohort study, and completed at least 2 annual questionnaires between 1996 and 1999. Dieting to control weight, binge eating, and dietary intake were assessed annually from 1996 through 1998 with instruments designed specifically for children and adolescent… Show more

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“…This model accounted for nearly 50% of the variance in the emergence of dieting, and more than one half of the total variance was accounted for by girls' previous weight status and interactions involving weight status. Although other recent longitudinal findings have underscored the importance of weight status as a predictor of the emergence of dieting among adolescents (Field et al, 2003;Stice, et al, 1999), the current findings indicate that higher weight status confers an elevated risk for the emergence of dieting even earlier in development, during middle childhood. In the current study, girls' weight status at 5 predicted the emergence of dieting at age 9.…”
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“…This model accounted for nearly 50% of the variance in the emergence of dieting, and more than one half of the total variance was accounted for by girls' previous weight status and interactions involving weight status. Although other recent longitudinal findings have underscored the importance of weight status as a predictor of the emergence of dieting among adolescents (Field et al, 2003;Stice, et al, 1999), the current findings indicate that higher weight status confers an elevated risk for the emergence of dieting even earlier in development, during middle childhood. In the current study, girls' weight status at 5 predicted the emergence of dieting at age 9.…”
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confidence: 73%
“…Therefore, higher weight status in both the current study and in the article by Burrows and Cooper interacted with variables associated with the risk for disordered eating, suggesting that the relationships among these predictor variables and the risk for disordered eating are better understood when weight status is also considered. Although it could be argued that overweight children should diet to lose weight, there is growing evidence that dieting attempts in young children and adolescents actually contribute to greater weight gain and overeating over time (Field et al, 2003), indicating that dieting is not an appropriate approach to weight loss or weight management in childhood. Therefore, as dieting is related to an increased risk for both later restrictive eating and overeating problems, as well as binging and purging behaviors, the finding that elevated weight status at age 5 predicted higher dieting factor scores at age 9 underscores the critical role that childhood overweight and obesity has in a cascade of behaviors that may result in trajectories that lead to later eating pathology and subsequent overweight.…”
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