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The development and initial validation of a new measure of male body dissatisfaction.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this research was to develop, and establish the initial psychometric properties of, the Male Body Dissatisfaction Scale (MBDS). Ninety-five male students were recruited over three phases. An item-remainder analysis was performed in phase I, convergent and discriminant validity assessed in phase II, and test-retest reliability and factor structure assessed in phase III. The MBDS achieved an alpha level of 0.93 and was inversely related to body esteem (p=0.02) and self-esteem (p=0.03), and positively related to how much participants' opinion of themselves was based on their body shape and weight (p<0.01...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ochner CN, Gray JA, Brickner K Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Associations among body size dissatisfaction, perceived dietary control, and diet history in African American and European American women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated whether ethnic differences in dieting history contributed to differences in body dissatisfaction and dietary control, or to differential changes that may occur during weight loss and regain. Eighty-nine EA and AA women underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure body composition and completed questionnaires to assess body dissatisfaction and dietary control before, after, and one year following, a controlled weight-loss intervention. While EA women reported a more extensive dieting history than AA women, this difference did not contribute to ethnic differences in body dissatisfaction and p...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Chandler-Laney PC, Hunter GR, Bush NC, Alvarez JA, Roy JL, Byrne NM, Gower BA Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Energy density at a buffet-style lunch differs for adolescents born at high and low risk of obesity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The energy density (ED; kcal/g) of foods, when manipulated in the laboratory, affects short-term energy intake. The aim of this study was to examine if, when given a choice, dietary ED (foods only) and energy intake (expressed as a percentage of subjects' estimated daily energy requirement; EER) at a self-selected, single meal differ for teens born with a different familial predisposition to obesity and as a function of their sex. Subjects (13 males, 17 females) were 12years of age and born at high risk (HR; n=15) or low risk (LR; n=15) for obesity based on maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)). The buf...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kral TV, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Kabay A, Faith MS Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis of the distress tolerance scale (DTS) in a clinical sample of eating disorder patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structure of the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) created by Corstorphine et al. [Corstorphine, E., Mountford, V., Tomlinson, S., Waller, G., & Meyer, C. (2007). Distress tolerance in the eating disorders. Eating Behaviors, 8, 91-97.] was conducted to assess whether the scale's purported three factors emerged in a clinical sample of patients with a DSM-IV diagnosed eating disorder. The original three-factor model was generally considered to be a poor fit for the data. Subsequent exploratory factor analysis indicated that a better fit emerged using a four-factor structure. ...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Raykos BC, Byrne SM, Watson H Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Adherence and weight loss outcomes associated with food-exercise diary preference in a military weight management program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The more consistently someone records their food intake the more likely they are to lose weight. We hypothesized that subjects who kept track via their preferred method would demonstrate higher adherence and therefore improved outcomes compared to those who used a non-preferred method. Participants were randomly assigned to use a paper, PDA, or Web-based diary and classified as "Preferred" if they used their preferred method and "Non-Preferred" if they did not. Days adherent to diary use were collected for 12 weeks. Weight, % body fat, waist circumference, and self-efficacy scores were measured at baseline, 6 and 12 we...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Shay LE, Seibert D, Watts D, Sbrocco T, Pagliara C Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Bulimic symptoms in undergraduate men and women: Contributions of mindfulness and thought suppression.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Experiential avoidance, the refusal to accept contact with unpleasant private experiences, is believed to play a role in the onset and maintenance of eating disorders. Preliminary evidence suggests that mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions that reduce avoidance may be effective in treating disordered eating behaviors. The purpose of the current investigation was to examine whether one form of experiential avoidance (thought suppression) and the theoretically opposing construct of dispositional mindfulness are associated with bulimic symptoms. Undergraduate men (n=219) and women (n=187) completed questionnair...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Lavender JM, Jardin BF, Anderson DA Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Moderators of physical activity and obesity during adolescence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions emphasize the interactive nature among obesity risk factors. PMID: 19778753 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gamble HL, Parra GR, Beech BM Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Beverage consumption and adult weight management: A review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Total energy consumption among United States adults has increased in recent decades, and energy-containing beverages are a significant contributor to this increase. Because beverages are less satiating than solid foods, consumption of energy-containing beverages may increase energy intake and lead to weight gain; trends in food and beverage consumption coinciding with increases in overweight and obesity support this possibility. The purpose of this review is to present what is known about the effect of beverage consumption on short-term (i.e., meal) energy intake, as well as longer-term effects on body weight. Specific...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Dennis EA, Flack KD, Davy BM Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The utility of considering interpersonal problems in the assessment of bulimic features.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous research suggests that heterogeneity in bulimic features can be explained in part by pathoplastic, or varying, interpersonal problems. The present study compared groups of women with bulimic features (N=110) defined by varying interpersonal problems (warm-dominant, warm-submissive, cold-submissive, or cold-dominant) with regard to comorbid psychopathology, personality characteristics, and the influences of dietary restraint and negative affectivity on bulimic psychopathology. As predicted, group differences were not explained by severity of eating-related pathology, socially desirable responding, or the interp...
Source: Eating Behaviors - September 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ambwani S, Hopwood CJ Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Change in eating disorder attitudes and behavior in college women: prevalence and predictors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined change in eating disorder (ED) symptoms in undergraduate women, and the relationship between change in ED symptoms and change in risk factors. Participants (N=186) completed measures of ED symptoms (i.e., bingeing, purging, and bulimic attitudes) and risk factors (i.e., academic stress, body dissatisfaction, depression, self-esteem, and social insecurity) at two time points, two months apart. ED symptoms were common, with 49% and 40% of the sample endorsing disordered eating an average of at least once per week at Time 1 and Time 2, respectively. Mean scores decreased on all ED symptoms and risk factors...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Berg KC, Frazier P, Sherr L Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Romantic interest in obese college students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compares romantic interest in obese and non-obese students. We surveyed 1217 college students on their demographic characteristics, self-perceptions (self-loathing and drive for thinness), and romantic selectivity. Obese people (especially women) showed strongly negative self-perceptions. Obese people and women were less likely to be selective about the physical traits of their potential partners than nonobese people and men. Obese women preferred overweight (but not obese) partners. Obese men preferred partners in the normal weight range. Results suggest that obesity is associated with predictable alterations i...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Aruguete MS, Edman JL, Yates A Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Problem solving, treatment adherence, and weight-loss outcome among women participating in lifestyle treatment for obesity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined whether improvements in problem-solving abilities mediate the relation between treatment adherence and weight-loss outcome in the behavioral treatment of obesity. METHOD: 272 women (mean+/-SD age=59.4+/-6.2 years, BMI=36.5+/-4.8) participated in a 6-month lifestyle intervention for obesity. Body weight and problem-solving skills (as measured by the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised) were assessed pre- and posttreatment. The completion of self-monitoring logs during the intervention served as the marker of treatment adherence. RESULTS: At posttreatment, participants lost 8.4+/-5.8 kg, an 8.8% redu...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Murawski ME, Milsom VA, Ross KM, Rickel KA, DeBraganza N, Gibbons LM, Perri MG Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Ambiguity and judgments of obese individuals: no news could be bad news.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stigmatization towards obese individuals has not decreased despite the increasing prevalence of obesity. Nonetheless, stigmatization remains difficult to study, given concerns about social desirability. To address this issue, this study used paired comparisons and cluster analysis to examine how undergraduates (n=189) categorized scenarios describing the health-related behaviors of obese individuals. The cluster analysis found that the scenarios were categorized into two distinct clusters. The first cluster included all scenarios with health behaviors indicating high responsibility for body weight. These individuals we...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ross KM, Shivy VA, Mazzeo SE Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Beliefs about eating and eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Beliefs about foods and binge eating may influence the development and maintenance of eating disorders and the likelihood that people will seek treatment. We found that the majority of a random sample of members of a large health maintenance organization considered binge eating a problem for which there are effective treatments. Self-reported binge eaters, however, were significantly less likely to agree that there are effective treatments. Two thirds of the sample reported that certain foods are addictive and also believed that strict dieting is an effective means of reducing binge eating. Therapeutic implications of ...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Wilson GT, Perrin NA, Rosselli F, Striegel-Moore RH, Debar LL, Kraemer HC Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Correlates of video game screen time among males: body mass, physical activity, and other media use.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the correlations between media use, body mass variables, and physical activity among 116 male undergraduates (white n=106; African American n=5, Latin American n=1, Asian American n=2, and 2 others). Length of video game play during one sitting was positively related to body mass index (BMI; r=.27, p<.01) and negatively correlated with frequency of exercise (r=-.21, p<.05) and days of walking (r=-.22, p<.05). Frequency of video game play was negatively correlated with length of exercising (r=-.21, p<.05). Years of video game play was negatively correlated with length of exercise (r=-.21, p&l...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ballard M, Gray M, Reilly J, Noggle M Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Does perfectionism mediate or moderate the relation between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A link between perfectionism and disordered eating has been documented in previous studies. The purpose of the current study was to expand our knowledge of the specific role of perfectionism in disordered eating by examining perfectionism as a mediator or a moderator in the relation between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating (assessed using the EAT-26 and its subscales, and the Binge Scale). We sampled a large ethnically diverse sample of university women (N=520) using two measures of perfectionism: the Eating Disorder Inventory Perfectionism subscale (EDI-P) and the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (H-MPS)...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Welch E, Miller JL, Ghaderi A, Vaillancourt T Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

A randomized trial examining differential meal replacement adherence in a weight loss maintenance program after one-year follow-up.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between patterns of meal replacement (MR) adherence and changes in outcomes during a behaviorally-oriented weight loss program. Data from the present study are based on sixty female participants (age: 29-62 years, BMI: 27.99-37.50 kg/m(2)). Participants were randomized into either a control or experimental condition, which tested the use of MRs during weight loss maintenance. Outcome measures included body weight, depression, physical activity, cognitive restraint, disinhibition, hunger, and binge eating collected at four assessment points. Within the exp...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Annunziato RA, Timko CA, Crerand CE, Didie ER, Bellace DL, Phelan S, Kerzhnerman I, Lowe MR Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Emotional processing in women with anorexia nervosa and in healthy volunteers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Emotional processing was investigated in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and in healthy volunteers (HVs) using self report questionnaires and information processing tasks. Compared to the HVs, patients with AN had lower levels of self reported emotional awareness and expression. They also responded more slowly to, correctly identified fewer emotions and misclassified more emotions in a facial recognition task, and responded more slowly to, and recalled fewer, self-referent emotion words. There were no key differences between the two groups on non-emotional control tasks, suggesting that their deficits are specific ...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jänsch C, Harmer C, Cooper MJ Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Female students' disordered eating and the big five personality facets.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Female undergraduate students at two Canadian universities (N = 378) completed the NEO PI-R (Costa, P.T. & McCrae, R.R. (1992). NEO PI-R Professional Manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26; Garner, D. M., Olmstead, M. P., Bohr, Y. & Garfinkel, P. E. (1982). The Eating Attitudes Test: Psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychological Medicine, 12, 871-878.). Eating disorder symptomatic (N = 43) and nonsymptomatic (N = 335) women differed on facets of Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Agreeableness. Among symptomatic women, the Oral Control subscale of ...
Source: Eating Behaviors - July 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: MacLaren VV, Best LA Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The influence of puberty onset, body mass index, and pressure to be thin on disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The main objective of this study is to verify the hypothesis that pubertal development, obesity, body satisfaction, as well as family and peer influences predict unhealthy eating habits in children and adolescents. A randomized stratified sample of young Quebecers aged 9, 13, and 16 years on March 31, 1999 [608 children aged of 9 years (325 girls and 283 boys) and 662 adolescents aged of 13 and 16 years (349 girls and 313 boys)] were used. Children's weight, height, and Body Mass Index (BMI) were recorded. Questionnaires were administered to children and a parent (usually the mother). Among 9-year-old children, this st...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Tremblay L, Lariviere M Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The contributions of weight loss and increased physical fitness to improvements in health-related quality of life.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The relative contribution of obesity versus poor fitness to adverse health outcomes and diminished quality of life remains an area of controversy. Indeed, some researchers contend that poor cardiorespiratory fitness represents a greater threat to health and health-related quality of life than excess body weight. We addressed this issue by providing 298 obese 50-75 year-old women with a six-month lifestyle intervention that incorporated a low-calorie eating pattern coupled with an aerobic exercise program consisting of 30 min/day of brisk walking. The results showed that weight loss exhibited a significant individual co...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ross KM, Milsom VA, Rickel KA, Debraganza N, Gibbons LM, Murawski ME, Perri MG Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The measurement of "eating-disorder-thoughts" and "eating-disorder-behaviors": Implications for assessment and detection of eating disorders in epidemiological studies.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined the independent contributions of thoughts and behaviors on a measure of psychopathology (depression). A second-order model of "eating disorder thoughts" and "eating disorder behaviors" was supported by the data, based on model fit, factor loadings, and model parsimony. Mean scores on depression were clinically significant for groups engaged in any level of eating disorder behavior whereas thoughts contributed to risk for depression only at the extreme end. Because of the disproportionate representation of eating disorder thoughts (high) and eating disorder behaviors (low) in non-clinical populations, the measur...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Miller JL, Vaillancourt T, Hanna SE Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Interpersonal influences on late adolescent girls' and boys' disordered eating.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated interpersonal influences on changes in late adolescent boys' and girls' symptoms of disordered eating over one year. Participants were a community sample of late adolescents 16-19 years of age (N=199; 49.75% girls), their mothers, and friends. Structural equation modeling revealed that interpersonal pressure to be thin and criticism about appearance predicted increases in disordered eating over time. Late adolescents', mothers' and friends' reports of pressure were associated with disordered eating at Time 1 and Time 2. Further, adolescents' perceptions and friends' reports of pressure to be thin pr...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Shomaker LB, Furman W Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The role of motivation to eat in the prediction of weight control behaviors in female and male adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Intervention programs designed to facilitate healthy and circumvent unhealthy weight control practices in adolescents should attend to gender differences in motivational factors shown to predict dieting and weight control behaviors. For females it may be important to minimize compliance motivation whereas for males, programs that foster social motivation to eat might be appropriate. PMID: 19447352 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Ntoumanis N, Barkoukis V, Spray CM Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Association between chronotype and diet in adolescents based on food logs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent research revealed an association between chronotype and psychological constructs of eating behaviour. Here, we used food logs in adolescents and assessed their chronotype. We found that later bed and rise times were associated with the tendency to drink caffeinated drinks and eat fast food and to consume less dairy products. No relationship existed between chronotype and sweets, vegetables and salad, and meat consumption. These results suggest a healthier lifestyle in morning oriented adolescents (or late chronotypes). Breakfast times differed between weekdays and weekend while lunch and dinner times were simila...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Fleig D, Randler C Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Development and validation of a weight-related eating questionnaire.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to develop an improved weight-related eating questionnaire (WREQ) that reflects recent advancements in the assessment and understanding of theory-based eating behaviors. A sequential process of measurement development was used to construct this brief but comprehensive questionnaire. By factor analysis and structural equation modeling, a 16-item, four-factor structure was found to best fit the data. This newly developed questionnaire measures two constructs of dietary restraint (routine and compensatory restraint), susceptibility to external cues (external eating), and emotional eating. The W...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Schembre S, Greene G, Melanson K Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Interpersonal sensitivity predicts bulimic symptomatology cross-sectionally and longitudinally.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Individuals who experience interpersonal sensitivity (IPS) may be at an increased risk for developing eating disorder symptomatology. The purpose of the present study was to assess the predictive capacity of IPS and related constructs in the development of bulimic symptomatology both cross-sectionally and longitudinally while controlling for depressive symptoms. Participants were 119 female undergraduate psychology students attending a private mid-size Midwestern university. Data were collected at both the beginning and end of the academic semester. Participants completed the Center for Epidemiological Study - Depressi...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Hamann DM, Wonderlich-Tierney AL, Vander Wal JS Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Success of women in a worksite weight loss program: Does being part of a group help?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study reports the results of a worksite weight loss program which allowed female hospital and nursing home employees to enroll in a worksite weight loss program as individuals or as part of a group. After 8 weeks, employees (irrespective of group versus individual participation) lost an average of 6.2 lb and 1.5% body fat. The initial weight, body fat, and body mass index reductions were all significantly greater, in absolute and percentage terms, among group participants than individual participants. Weight reduction averaged 7.6+1.1 lb for group participants and 4.2+6.4 lb for individual participants; body fat reduc...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rigsby A, Gropper DM, Gropper SS Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Epistatic interaction between COMT and DAT1 genes on eating behavior: a pilot study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Problems related to food and weight in women may be influenced by the (DA) dopamine system. Catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT) and the dopamine transporter (DAT) exert control on concentrations of extracellular DA. High and low functioning alleles of the COMT Val158Met and DAT1 3' UTR VNTR polymorphisms have been identified, and their associations with reward and cognition suggest a role in the modulation of eating behavior. A sample of undergraduate college women (N=71) was characterized for binge eating and eating psychopathology and genotyped for the COMT and DAT1 markers. Results revealed a significant epistatic ...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Hersrud SL, Stoltenberg SF Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The use of motivational interviewing techniques to enhance the efficacy of guided self-help behavioral weight loss treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed whether motivational interviewing (MI), applied as part of a standard guided self-help (GSH) behavioral weight loss treatment, reduced attrition rate and improved participant weight loss and other eating-related and general psychological measures, relative to a standard GSH treatment alone. Thirty-nine overweight patients (7 males, 32 females) were randomized to receive either 6 sessions of traditional guided self-help and 2 traditional motivation-focused sessions (GSH treatment); or 6 guided self-help sessions and 2 sessions utilizing an MI approach to motivation (GSH/MI treatment). In intention-to-tre...
Source: Eating Behaviors - March 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: DiMarco ID, Klein DA, Clark VL, Wilson GT Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating among college students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
College student participants (N=1063; 77.8% response rate) completed a web-based survey assessing demographics, depression, anxiety, body image, cigarette smoking, and weight history. Among overweight participants, 42.6% of those who believed they were overweight admitted to binge eating, while only 30.1% who did not feel overweight did so (p<.05). Among non-overweight participants, 43.2% of those who believed they were overweight admitted to binge eating, while only 32.9% of those who did not feel overweight did so (p<.05). Weight Problem Perception (WPP) mediated the contribution of BMI on binge eating outcomes...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Saules KK, Collings AS, Hoodin F, Angelella NE, Alschuler K, Ivezaj V, Saunders-Scott D, Wiedemann AA Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

A consideration of developmental egocentrism in anorexia nervosa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent research has suggested that normal adolescent processes are important in understanding psychosis, and that young adult individuals with psychosis are often struggling to develop an individual and autonomous self (the "fundamental task" of adolescence). The current paper explores the utility of considering normative adolescent developmental processes in understanding anorexia nervosa. Data were collected from 31 female young-adults with symptoms of anorexia nervosa, 26 female comparison young-adults and 71 female adolescents on measures of adolescent egocentrism. A one-way ANOVA indicated that individuals with sy...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Fox A, Harrop C, Trower P, Leung N Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Body attitudes in patients with eating disorders at presentation and completion of intensive outpatient day treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Due to the importance of the distorted body experience in eating disorder diagnosis and treatment, we wanted to explore body attitudes of patients with eating disorders before and after 5 months of intensive specialized outpatient day treatment. We assessed 193 patients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) using the Body Attitude Test (BAT), Body Mass Index (BMI), Eating Disorder Evaluation Scale (EDES) and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). Eating disorder subtypes differed in BMI, total body attitudes and negative appreciation of body size at intak...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Exterkate CC, Vriesendorp PF, de Jong CA Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Binge eating in adolescents: Its relation to behavioural problems and family-meal patterns.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between binge eating, behavioural problems and family-meal patterns in a sample of adolescents. Two hundred and fifty-nine adolescents from a public secondary school completed the Bulimic Investigatory test, Edinburgh (BITE) [Henderson, M., & Freeman, C. P. (1987). A self-rating scale for bulimia. The "BITE". British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 18-24.] and the Youth Self-Report (YSR) [Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Manual for the Youth Self-Report and 1991 profile. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont.], as well as 13 additional questions regarding the eating episodes...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sierra-Baigrie S, Lemos-Giráldez S, Fonseca-Pedrero E Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Exercise and energy intake in overweight, sedentary individuals.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Exercise expends energy, but without dietary intervention, exercise does not appear to produce substantial weight loss. The present study examined whether overweight, sedentary individuals increase their energy intake after moderate intensity exercise, particularly in the presence of negative mood. A repeated measures design was used where overweight, sedentary individuals (N=65) completed, in counterbalanced order, two conditions: 3 min of exercise (Active) and 3 min of sedentary activity (Sedentary) during one session. Snack foods were presented 10 min after each activity. Mixed-effects regression modeling revealed n...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Schneider KL, Spring B, Pagoto SL Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Acute tryptophan depletion and sweet food consumption by overweight adults.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Serotonergic involvement has been implicated in preferential consumption of treat foods. We tested the effect of acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) on food consumption by overweight and lean adults with and without a history of recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD). ATD and taste-matched placebo challenges were administered double-blind in counter-balanced order. Participants were classified as lean (n=36) or overweight (n=19) on the basis of body mass index (BMI). Total calorie, carbohydrate, protein, and sweet food consumption were assessed via a test meal 8-h following ATD. Four food items of comparable palatabili...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Pagoto SL, Spring B, McChargue D, Hitsman B, Smith M, Appelhans B, Hedeker D Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

The relationship between restrained eating, pleasure associated with eating, and well-being re-visited.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study confirms that pleasure associated with eating is an important moderator of the relationship between restrained eating and well-being. PMID: 19171316 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Remick AK, Pliner P, McLean KC Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Group work with female survivors of childhood sexual abuse: Evidence of poorer outcomes among those with eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that CSA treatment programs should assess survivors for ED as they might benefit from a more specialized focus on their emotional responses to the abuse. PMID: 19171317 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Harper K, Richter NL, Gorey KM Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Never-smokers with a positive family smoking history are more likely to be overweight or obese than never-smokers with a negative family smoking history.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To shed light on the complex relationship between smoking and body weight, we used never-smokers stratified on family smoking history to model the effects of a diathesis for smoking on body weight without the potential confound of metabolic changes or decreased physical activity caused by chronic tobacco smoke exposure. Participants were 100 family history negative never-smokers (FH-; 2 never-smoking parents) and 71 family history positive never-smokers (FH+; 2 ever-smoking parents). Controlling for significant group differences in race and age, BMI was significantly higher in FH+ (26.7+/-.6) than in FH- (24.5+/-.4; F=...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Pomerleau OF Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Short-term weight gain by menstrual phase following smoking cessation in women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the effect of smoking abstinence and menstrual cycle on short-term weight gain. Women were randomized to quit smoking during the follicular or luteal phase of their cycle and followed for four weeks. Weight, among other measures, was recorded at five post-quit date visits (days 2, 5, 9, 12 and week 4). Participants (n=152) were grouped based on randomized quit phase and smoking status after assigned quit date: 1) follicular (F), quit<24 h, 2) F, quit>/=five days, 3) luteal (L), quit<24 h, and 4) L, quit>/=five days. Participants who quit smoking experienced significantly more weight gain tha...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Allen SS, Allen AM, Mooney M, Bade T Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Cigarette smoking is associated with body shape concerns and bulimia symptoms among young adult females.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Elevated rates of cigarette smoking have been reported among individuals with Bulimia Nervosa. However, little is known about eating disorder symptoms within non-clinical samples of smokers. The purpose of the present study was to compare the eating disorder symptoms of young adult female smokers (n=184) and non-smokers (n=56), to determine whether smokers were more likely to endorse bulimic symptoms and report greater body shape concern than non-smokers. Analyses indicated that smokers scored significantly higher than non-smokers on the Body Shape Questionnaire, p=.03, and the Bulimia Test-Revised, p=.006. In addition...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kendzor DE, Adams CE, Stewart DW, Baillie LE, Copeland AL Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of self-monitoring of eating disorder urges among treatment seeking women: Ecological momentary assessment using a daily diary method.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: EMA of ED urges is a valid and reliable approach that is associated with ED symptom severity, and predictive of treatment outcome. PMID: 19171321 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Tasca GA, Illing V, Balfour L, Krysanski V, Demidenko N, Nowakowski J, Bissada H Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Clinical and Psychometric Validation of an Extended Version of the Testable Assumptions Questionnaire (TAQ-ED-R).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DISCUSSION: The TAQ-ED-R is a clinically useful measure of dysfunctional assumptions that can be tested with the help of behavioural experiments and surveys. It will be important to test the predictive validity of the new measure, as well as its capacity to drive treatment for comorbid states, such as alexithymia and social anxiety. PMID: 19171322 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Dhokia R, Hinrichsen H, Meyer C, Waller G Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Osteoporosis health beliefs and knowledge in college students: The role of dietary restraint.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the relationship between dietary restraint (DR) and osteoporosis-related knowledge and beliefs in college women and men. A total of 517 university students completed measures of osteoporosis knowledge, perceived susceptibility to and severity of osteoporosis, barriers to and benefits of calcium and exercise, health motivation, exercise and calcium self-efficacy, and DR. Two MANOVAs were conducted to examine differences between high and low dietary restrainers on osteoporosis beliefs and knowledge. For women, HR scored higher on perceived susceptibility to, and severity of, osteoporosis, calcium barr...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gammage KL, Francoeur C, Mack DE, Klentrou P Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Men, muscles, and mood: The relationship between self-concept, dysphoria, and body image disturbances.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Beginning in the early 1990s investigations into the body image concerns of men have increased, and this study adds to extant research by examining correlates of more general body dissatisfaction (BD) and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia (MD) in particular. Three hundred four undergraduate men completed a broad-based symptom inventory, a self-concept questionnaire, and an instrument that assessed problematic body image, eating, and exercise patterns as well as specific symptoms of MD. Multiple regression analyses suggest that lower ratings of overall self-concept and higher levels of depression, anxiety, and interpersonal...
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: McFarland MB, Kaminski PL Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Weight parameters and pathological eating as predictors of obesity treatment outcome in children and adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Specific weight and eating pathology parameters affected positive as well as negative obesity treatment outcome. Identifying more pre-treatment predictors for drop-out can ameliorate our treatment approach. PMID: 19171325 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Goossens L, Braet C, Van Vlierberghe L, Mels S Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Reduced perception of bodily signals in anorexia nervosa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: In addition to a decreased ability to recognize certain visceral sensations related to hunger, there is a generally reduced capacity to accurately perceive bodily signals in anorexia nervosa. This highlights the potential importance of interoceptive sensitivity in the pathogenesis of eating disorders. PMID: 18928900 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - October 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Pollatos O, Kurz AL, Albrecht J, Schreder T, Kleemann AM, Schöpf V, Kopietz R, Wiesmann M, Schandry R Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Emotional face processing in women with high and low levels of eating disorder related symptoms.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the inclusion of emotional processing in models of eating disorders, and suggest that it may have a role in their development. Emotional processing warrants further investigation particularly in those "at risk" but also in those with eating disorders. PMID: 18928901 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Eating Behaviors)
Source: Eating Behaviors - October 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jones L, Harmer C, Cowen P, Cooper M Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome using item response theory analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Uniform diagnostic criteria for the night eating syndrome (NES), a disorder characterized by a delay in the circadian pattern of eating, have not been established. Proposed criteria for NES were evaluated using item response theory (IRT) analysis. Six studies yielded 1,481 Night Eating Questionnaires which were coded to reflect the presence/absence of five night eating symptoms. Symptoms were evaluated based on the clinical usefulness of their diagnostic information and on the assumptions of IRT analysis (unidimensionality, monotonicity, local item independence, correct model specification), using a two parameter logis...
Source: Eating Behaviors - October 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Allison KC, Engel SG, Crosby RD, de Zwaan M, O'Reardon JP, Wonderlich SA, Mitchell JE, Smith West D, Wadden TA, Stunkard AJ Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals

Problematic eating behaviors in adolescents with low self-esteem and elevated depressive symptoms.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous research has indicated that low self-esteem may be an important risk factor for the development of eating disorders. Few longitudinal studies have examined the relationships between low self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and eating disorders in adolescents. The present study investigated whether low self-esteem was associated with depressive symptoms and problematic eating behaviors. Measures of low self-esteem and problematic eating behaviors were administered to a sample of 197 adolescent primary-care patients. Depressive symptoms and problematic eating behaviors were assessed ten months later. Youths with lo...
Source: Eating Behaviors - October 22, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Courtney EA, Gamboz J, Johnson JG Tags: Eat Behav Source Type: journals