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Predictors of dieting and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood.

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Loth, Katie A., MacLehose, Rich, Bucchianeri, Michaela, Crow, Scott, Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne·2014·Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose To identify personal and socioenvironmental factors associated with the persistence of dieting or disordered eating from adolescence to young adulthood and factors associated with the initiation of dieting or disordered eating during young adulthood.Methods Participants (n = 4,746) completed EAT-I surveys as adolescents; EAT-III surveys were completed 10 years later by 1,902 of the original participants (1,082 females and 820 males).Results Study results indicate that there are personal factors, including weight concerns, weight importance, depressive symptoms and body satisfaction, present during adolescence that are predictive of an individual's engagement in dieting or disordered eating behaviors 10 years later. For example, among both males and females, weight importance was found to be predictive of continued dieting and disordered eating from adolescence through young adulthood. For example, 26.1% of males with low levels of weight concern at baseline reported engaging in persistent disordered eating as compared with 60.4% of males with high levels of weight concern at baseline (prevalence difference: 34.3; 95% confidence interval: 10.5-58.1; p < .01). Parental weight concerns, peer dieting, and weight teasing at baseline were not found to be predictive of dieting or disordered eating at 10-year follow-up.Conclusions Personal factors identified during adolescence were found to be predictive of both persistent dieting and disordered eating from adolescence into young adulthood, as well as initiation of these behaviors during young adulthood. In particular, weight concerns and weight importance were found to be predictive in most models providing support for inclusion of these factors in adolescent health screening.

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Authors
Loth, K. A., MacLehose, R., Bucchianeri, M., Crow, S., & Neumark-Sztainer, D.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Loth, Katie A.
Venue
Journal of Adolescent Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-11
Volume
55
Issue
5
Pages
705-712
ISSN
1054-139X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2142766779
Cited by
132
References
43
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FWCI
13.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH082761)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords
dieting, disordered eating, eating disorders, adolescence, early adulthood, weight concern, body satisfaction, depressive symptoms, weight teasing, adolescent health screening
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Image, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Prognosis, Health Behavior, Young Adult

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