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Evaluation of a school-based programme of universal eating disorders prevention: Is it more effective in girls at risk?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is currently controversy surrounding the effectiveness of universal versus selective prevention in eating disorders (ED). The present study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of universal school-based ED prevention administered to female secondary school students (n = 349). Students received either the full prevention programme (learning basic concepts of nutrition, criticism of aesthetic models of beauty emphasising extreme thinness, media literacy (ML)), a partial version of the programme (without nutritional education), or no prevention programme. Students were also classified on the presence or absence of disti...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - October 12, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: R. M. Raich, M. Portell, M. A. Peláez-Fernández Source Type: journals

The relationship between parental bonding, social problem solving and eating pathology in an anorexic inpatient sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigates the relationship between perceived parental bonding, social problem solving and eating psychopathology.Forty three female inpatients with anorexia nervosa and 76 student controls were assessed using the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Social Problem Solving Inventory and the Eating Disorders Examination or the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire.The anorexic group reported significantly lower levels of parental care than the student control group and used more negative and avoidance style coping. In the anorexic group, disordered eating was significantly correlated with low maternal care and...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - October 12, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Helen Swanson, Kevin Power, Paula Collin, Suzanne Deas, Gillian Paterson, David Grierson, Alex Yellowlees, Katy Park, Louise Taylor Source Type: journals

How does overeaters anonymous help its members? A qualitative analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We present three primary themes that emerged from the analysis of the focus groups' discussions, which emphasize why individuals entered OA, OA's 'tools', and how individuals perceived OA to 'work'. Overall, although participants agreed OA was helpful to them, there was no consensus regarding how OA 'works'. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - October 12, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Kristin M. von Ranson, Philip C. Masson Source Type: journals

Body dissatisfaction across cultures: Findings and research problemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This review had two aims. The first aim was to describe the existing literature regarding body dissatisfaction across cultures. Previous studies were organized and presented according to three general patterns found in the existing literature, patterns that were to some extent based on the differing degrees of affluence and type of lifestyles in the cultures examined. The review's second aim was to illuminate some of the specific problems that studies of body dissatisfaction across cultures deal with and to provide suggestions for improvement. The suggestions concern how future research may achieve a more inclusive and det...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - October 5, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kristina Holmqvist, Ann Frisén Source Type: journals

A case series investigating acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for previously treated, unremitted patients with anorexia nervosaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN) using a case series methodology among participants with a history of prior treatment for AN. Three participants enrolled; all completed the study. All participants had a history of 1-20 years of intensive eating disorder treatment prior to enrollment. Participants were seen for 17-19 twice-weekly sessions of manualized ACT. Symptoms were assessed at baseline, post-treatment and 1-year follow-up. All participants experienced clinically significant improvement on at least some measu...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - September 16, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: M. I. Berman, K. N. Boutelle, S. J. Crow Source Type: journals

Body image in gay and straight men: A qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to examine body image and related eating behaviours in younger gay and straight men.Qualitative study using a sample of gay and straight male university students, applying audiotaped and transcribed depth interview subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis.Fifteen young men (18-24) with a spectrum of sexual orientation (gay, straight and bisexual) agreed to participate. Five dominant categories emerged: body image ideal, external influences, perception of body image, dieting, mechanisms for modification (diet, exercise, cosmetics) and sexual orientation.Health and aesthetic ideals appear less d...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 30, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: John F Morgan, Jon Arcelus Source Type: journals

Accuracy of self-reported weight and height among women with eating disorders: A replication and extension studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self-reported height and weight data are commonly reported within eating disorders research, and often used clinically. The aims of this study are to demonstrate the accuracy of self-reported height and weight among a group of women with eating disorders, and to determine whether that accuracy is associated with clinical diagnosis or levels of eating psychopathology.Sixty-four female patients (39 diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa or atypical Anorexia Nervosa and 25 with Bulimia Nervosa or atypical Bulimia Nervosa) were asked to self-report their height and weight. They then completed the Eating Disorders Examination-Question...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 17, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Caroline Meyer, Jon Arcelus, Sarah Wright Source Type: journals

Investigating the role of attachment in social comparison theories of eating disorders within a non-clinical female populationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that attachment anxiety and avoidance influence disordered eating via different pathways, with attachment anxiety specifically being implicated in sociocultural models of disordered eating. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 9, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Bryony Bamford, Emma Halliwell Source Type: journals

Caring for a sibling with anorexia nervosa: A qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Few studies have explored eating disorders from the perspective of non-affected siblings. The aim of this investigation was to explore the unique experiences and challenges of siblings of women with anorexia nervosa (AN).Twelve semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with sibling participants to ascertain their perspective of caring for a sister with chronic AN.Qualitative analyses gleaned six themes: (1) the sibling role as protector and mediator; (2) familial factors that influence and reinforce these sibling roles; (3) consequences and benefits of AN to non-affected sibling; (4) coping strategies; (5) curr...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gina Dimitropoulos, Kristina Klopfer, Lorena Lazar, Reva Schacter Source Type: journals

User satisfaction with services in a randomised controlled trial of adolescent anorexia nervosaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
User satisfaction is a neglected outcome in adolescent anorexia nervosa especially since the relative effectiveness of different treatments is unclear. It may also affect clinical outcome.To assess young person's and parents' satisfaction with CAMHS outpatient, specialist outpatient and inpatient treatment received in a large randomised controlled trial.Quantitative and qualitative analysis of questionnaire data from 215 young people and their parents followed by focus groups to further explore emerging themes.High levels of satisfaction were reported, more amongst parents than young people and with specialist services. Bo...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - June 24, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Peter Roots, Laura Rowlands, Simon G. Gowers Source Type: journals

A systematic review of impulsivity in eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a systematic review of the current literature that examines impulsivity in individuals with eating disorders (ED). Studies were obtained from Embase, Pubmed and Psycinfo, and were included if they assessed impulsivity in individuals over 18 years of age with an ED diagnosis and published in the last 10 years. The methodological quality of the studies was rated. Twelve studies were included in this review, with methodological quality varying across studies. Findings suggest that impulsivity is best assessed multi-modally, with a combination of self-report, behavioural and physiologica...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - June 21, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Samantha E. Waxman Source Type: journals

Validating the eating disorder inventory (EDI-2) in two danish samples: A comparison between female eating disorder patients and females from the general populationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Eating Disorder Inventory, Version 2 (EDI-2) is a questionnaire used clinically and in research all over the world. EDI-2 is cross-culturally valid, yet normative values may depend on culture. Norms and reliability of the Danish version have to date been lacking, and will be presented in this article, comparing patients (N = 575) and controls (N = 881). Also, internal reliability of scales is tested for both groups. Differences between norms of the Danish and the North American version of EDI were small but significant for all scales except asceticism (eating disorder patients) and ineffectiveness, interpersonal distru...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - June 5, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Loa Clausen, Kristian Rokkedal, Jan H. Rosenvinge Source Type: journals

Self-esteem, depression and eating disordered attitudes: A cross-cultural comparison between Cypriot and British young womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explores the native influences and possible vulnerability factors which may contribute in the development of eating disturbances in a non-Western country, Cyprus. Implications for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - June 4, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ioanna Katsounari Source Type: journals

Meta-analysis on drugs in people with eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to examine whether drug use (DU) is higher in people with eating disorders (EDs) compared to a healthy control group and to perform a meta-analysis on the literature related to DU in people with EDs.We searched electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science and CINAHL) and reviewed studies published from 1994 to August, 2007, in English, German or Spanish. A total of 16 papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included.The general meta-analysis revealed a negligible albeit significant effect size (0.119, p < .05). Risk was found to be higher in bulimia nervosa (BN, [delta] = 0.462...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - May 28, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ana Calero-Elvira, Isabel Krug, Kimberley Davis, Carolina López, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Janet Treasure Source Type: journals

Drop-out from treatment for the eating disorders: A problem for clinicians and researchersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
All professionals who work in the field of eating disorders will have encountered patients who do not make it into or through a course of treatment. This paper considers some of the difficulties that drop-out poses to clinicians and researchers. It also suggests strategies for addressing these challenges in future research and clinical practice. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - May 28, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Mari Campbell Source Type: journals

A case series evaluation of a modified version of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for the treatment of bulimic eating disorders: A pilot studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To determine the therapeutic outcome of a modified form of (IPT-BNm) amongst patients with Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS).Following initial assessment, 59 patients with diagnoses of BN or EDNOS entered treatment in the form of 16 sessions of IPT-BNm. At initial assessment, patients completed measures of general psychopathology (SCL-90), Self esteem (RSE), eating psychopathology (EDE-Q), interpersonal functioning (Inventory of Interpersonal Functioning; IIP-32) and depression (BDI). At the middle and end of treatment, EDE-Q, IIP-32 and BDI measures were repeated.By the middle of th...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - May 20, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jon Arcelus, Debbie Whight, Christopher Langham, Jonathan Baggott, Lesley McGrain, Lesley Meadows, Caroline Meyer Source Type: journals

Unfavourable family characteristics and their associations with childhood obesity: A cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This cross-sectional study explores the influence of multiple familial factors on children's weight status and the interaction between parenting stress and unfavourable family characteristics.A total of 197 families with children between 6 and 14 years participated in this study. Of this group, 97 families had a child with normal weight and 100 families had a child with overweight. Parents reported on seven family factors (maternal BMI, number of children, family structure, socioeconomic position, life events, parental psychopathology and parenting stress).Families with overweight children experience more parenting stress....
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - May 18, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ellen Moens, Caroline Braet, Guy Bosmans, Yves Rosseel Source Type: journals

Personality dimensions among women with an eating disorder: Towards reconceptualizing DSMEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To evaluate the incremental validity of a dimensional assessment of personality, after controlling for diagnostic category, in accounting for meaningful variation in eating disorder attitudes and behaviours and in current affective distress among a clinical sample of eating disordered women.244 treatment seeking eating disordered women and 116 non-eating disordered women were assessed with the NEO five factor inventory (NEO-FFI), and with measures of eating disorder attitudes and of affective distress using a cross sectional design.As predicted, differences were found between eating disordered and non-eating disordered wom...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - May 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Giorgio A. Tasca, Natasha Demidenko, Valerie Krysanski, Hany Bissada, Vanessa Illing, Mary Gick, Kirsti Weekes, Louise Balfour Source Type: journals

An approach to sub-grouping the eating disorder population: Adding attachment and coping styleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To investigate whether clinically meaningful sub-groups of patients can be identified by clustering eating disorder features, attachment and coping styles.165 patients completed the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and Utrecht Coping List (UCL). Cluster analysis was used to identify sub-groups across the sample.Four clusters were identified. Cluster one had low levels of eating disorder behaviours and the most severe attachment and coping difficulties. Cluster two had high levels of dietary restriction and exercise, and a fearful/avoidant attachment style. Cluster three had high level...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 20, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Hannah Turner, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Robert Peveler Source Type: journals

Risk and protective factors for disturbed eating in adolescent girls - aspects of perfectionism and attitudes to eating and weightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to longitudinally examine the role of personal standards, self-evaluation, perceived benefits of thinness and attitudes to eating and weight in the development of healthy versus disturbed eating in adolescent girls. In a longitudinal study, girls who participated in two assessments, four to five years apart, were divided into three groups according to the attitudes to eating that they manifested at the second evaluation: those with disturbed eating patterns (DE-group, n = 49), those with intermediate concerns about eating (IE-group, n = 260) and those with healthy eating attitudes (HE-group, n = 1...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 20, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sanna Aila Gustafsson, Birgitta Edlund, Lars Kjellin, Claes Norring Source Type: journals

Extreme weight change behaviours: Are overweight and normal weight adolescents different, and does this vary over time?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the nature of extreme weight loss behaviours among overweight and normal weight adolescents. Body mass index (BMI), body dissatisfaction, body importance, pubertal timing, negative affect, bulimic symptoms, food supplements and exercise dependence were evaluated at Time 1 and 16 months later at Time 2 among 788 adolescents. There were a large number of differences in the strategies adopted by overweight adolescents, and these remained relatively stable over time. In addition, girls engaged in more bulimic symptoms than boys; particularly overweight girls. Negative affect was also a major predictor of he...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 20, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Marita P. McCabe, Lina A. Ricciardelli Source Type: journals

Appraisal of caregiving burden, expressed emotion and psychological distress in families of people with eating disorders: A systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this review is to appraise the literature regarding psychological distress, burden and expressed emotion (EE) in caregivers of people with eating disorders (EDs). Electronic databases were searched up until October 2008. Selected studies contained carers of people with ED and employed one measure of burden, EE or psychological distress. Twenty studies were identified measuring psychological distress burden and EE. Most of the studies examined these features in families of anorexic patients. The majority of the studies found high levels of psychological distress, burden and EE in this population. Only few stu...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 17, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Maria Jose Zabala, Pamela Macdonald, Janet Treasure Source Type: journals

The treatment of night eating: the patient's perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, most patients reported that their doctors did not identify or treat NE, which led to dissatisfaction with their care. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Marcus D. Goncalves, Reneé H. Moore, Albert J. Stunkard, Kelly C. Allison Source Type: journals

The effect of attentional training on body dissatisfaction and dietary restrictionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of attentional training towards shape, weight and food related information on body dissatisfaction and dietary restriction. A total of 98 female participants were trained to attend to negative shape/weight words, positive shape/weight words, negative (high calorie) food words, positive (low calorie) food words or neutral words. Subsequently, a body image challenge was presented and participants' body dissatisfaction and dietary restriction were measured. Results indicated that negative shape/weight attentional biases exacerbated body dissatisfaction and a bias towar...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - April 2, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Evelyn Smith, Elizabeth Rieger Source Type: journals

Perfectionism and eating attitudes in portuguese students: A longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To investigate the role of perfectionism in the development of disordered eating behaviours.382 female university students completed the Hewitt & Flett MPS and the EAT-40 at baseline, and 1 year after (T1) and 206 2 years later (T2).Perfectionism at baseline was significantly associated with long-term abnormal eating attitudes/behaviours. Self-Oriented Perfectionism (SOP) and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP) were significant predictors of disordered eating behaviours. Regression analysis revealed that SOP at baseline was predictive of Diet Concerns and overall eating disturbance (EAT total score), at T1 and T2. SPP ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 23, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Maria João Soares, António Macedo, Sandra Carvalho Bos, Mariana Marques, Berta Maia, Ana Telma Pereira, Ana Gomes, José Valente, Michele Pato, Maria Helena Azevedo Source Type: journals

The prevalence, incidence and development of eating disorders in finnish adolescents - a two-step 3-year follow-up StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To investigate the prevalence, incidence and development of eating disorders and subclinical eating pathology.A two-step three-year follow-up study on eating disorders in adolescence (N = 595) was conducted in western Finland. A screening questionnaire followed by a semi-structured interview was used to determine the prevalence, incidence and development of eating disorders.The lifetime prevalence rates for females age 18 were 2.6% for anorexia nervosa (AN), 0.4 for bulimia nervosa (BN), 7.7% for AN-NOS, 1.3% for BN-NOS and 8.5% for subclinical eating disorders. No prevalent case of DSM-IV eating disorders was found among ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 23, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rasmus Isomaa, Anna-Lisa Isomaa, Mauri Marttunen, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Kaj Björkqvist Source Type: journals

Factors related to motivation for change in adolescents with eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To examine the association between motivation for change and eating disorder symptom severity, the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship and depressive symptom severity in adolescents with eating disorders.Fifty-four female adolescents with eating disorders (mean age = 15.8 years, SD = 1.6) participated in this research prior to beginning outpatient treatment. Participants completed the Motivational Stages of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder, the Eating Disorders Inventory-2, the Relations with Parents scale from the Behavioral Assessment System for Children and Adolescents Self-report and ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 23, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Shannon L. Zaitsoff, Andrew Taylor Source Type: journals

Let eating disorder patients decide: Providing choice may reduce early drop-out from inpatient treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Premature drop-out from treatment is a highly prevalent phenomenon among eating disorder (ED) patients. In a specialized inpatient treatment unit a major change was made in the admission strategy in 2001, giving a maximum of personal choice to the patients. A quasi-experimental research was carried out comparing 87 patients treated till 2000 ('old' strategy) with 87 patients treated from 2001 on ('new' strategy). The results indicate that the provision of choice at the beginning of treatment significantly reduced drop-out during the first weeks of inpatient treatment. No differences between both strategies on later drop-ou...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 23, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Walter Vandereycken, Maarten Vansteenkiste Source Type: journals

Do schema processes mediate links between parenting and eating pathology?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Adverse parenting experiences are commonly linked to eating pathology. A schema-based model of the development and maintenance of eating pathology proposes that one of the potential mediators of the link between parenting and eating pathology might be the development of schema maintenance processes - mechanisms that operate to help the individual avoid intolerable emotions.To test this hypothesis, 353 female students and 124 female eating-disordered clients were recruited. They completed a measure of perceived parenting experiences as related to schema development (Young Parenting Inventory-Revised (YPI-R)), two measures o...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 14, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Alex Sheffield, Glenn Waller, Francesca Emanuelli, James Murray, Caroline Meyer Source Type: journals

Coping strategies in eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present article describes the coping strategies of patients with eating disorders (ED), their relation with determined personality characteristics and the specificity of strategies in comparison with a control group and a group of patients with other mental disorders.Ninety-three patients with ED, 73 university psychology and nutrition students and 74 patients with other mental disorders were studied using the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) and the Inventory for the Assessment of Personality Disorders (IA-TP).Patients with ED presented more self-criticism, social withdrawal, inadequate emotion-focused management and...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 9, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: I. Jáuregui Lobera, S. Estébanez, M. J. Santiago Fernández, E. Álvarez Bautista, O. Garrido Source Type: journals

Eating concerns and media influences in an Irish adolescent contextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
EPICA is the first large-scale Irish study of a school-going population examining the impact of media influences on eating attitudes.Students were screened using the EAT-26, EDI-III and a study-specific questionnaire. A sub-sample of parents' views was included.Three thousand and thirty-one students (mean age 14.74) and 56 parents enrolled. The majority (71.4%) of adolescents felt adversely affected by media portrayal of body weight and shape, with more than a quarter (25.6%) believing it to be 'far too thin'. A significant correlation between media impact and high EAT scores ([chi]2 = 450.78, df = 2, p < 0.05) and EDI-III...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - March 4, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Fiona McNicholas, Alma Lydon, Ruth Lennon, Barbara Dooley Source Type: journals

What happened to the ones who dropped out? Outcome in eating disorder patients who complete or prematurely terminate treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is a lack of knowledge about the outcome of eating disorder patients who terminate treatment prematurely. The present study followed-up eating disorder patients who had previously dropped out of treatment and examined clinical status 36 months after intake.Dropouts (n = 30) were compared with treatment completers (n = 52) on diagnostic status, clinical symptoms, psychosocial adjustment and treatment satisfaction at follow-up. Patterns of change from intake to follow-up within groups, as well as between groups, were explored.No significant differences were found between groups at follow-up, except for more treatment d...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - January 13, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Tabita Björk, Caroline Björck, David Clinton, Staffan Sohlberg, Claes Norring Source Type: journals

Viewership of pro-anorexia websites in seventh, ninth and eleventh gradersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To examine the prevalence of visiting pro-anorexia websites by 13-, 15- and 17-year old adolescents and to explore correlates of visiting such websites and predictors of anorexia nervosa (AN).Questionnaire in a sample of 711 secondary school children from the 7th, 9th and 11th grade in Flanders, Belgium.12.6% of the girls and 5.9% of the boys had visited such websites. In girls, visiting pro-anorexia websites was associated with a higher drive for thinness, worse perception of appearance and more perfectionism.The prevalence of visiting pro-anorexia sites is non-trivial and the significant correlations between viewership o...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - January 13, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kathleen Custers, Jan Van den Bulck Source Type: journals

Night eating, binge eating and related features in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndromeEmail 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 nature and extent of the association between night eating, other forms of disordered eating and obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS).Eighty-one participants (20 women and 61 men), mean age 53.7 years diagnosed with OSAS were assessed prior to starting treatment. Using a cut-off of [ge]25 on the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ), 8.6% of the participants screened positive for night eating syndrome (NES). In addition, 7.5% met criteria for a daytime eating disorder. NES was significantly associated with diagnoses of depression, anxiety and eating disorders and was significantly correlated wit...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - January 13, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Katharina Olbrich, Barbara Mühlhans, Kelly C. Allison, Eckhart G. Hahn, Simin Pour Schahin, Martina de Zwaan Source Type: journals

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for individuals with bulimia nervosa and a co-occurring substance use disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A significant percentage of individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN) also can be diagnosed with a co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD). Although studies have addressed the frequency of overlap between the disorders, etiology and shared personality traits, limited research is available about the treatment of these comorbid patients. Adapting cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) to serve as an integrated treatment for patients with both BN and a SUD is a viable option, as studies of CBT suggest that this form of treatment is efficacious for both disorders independently. The shared strategies in CBT for BN and SUDs facilitate ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - January 9, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Robyn Sysko, Tom Hildebrandt Source Type: journals

Parental attitudes, body image disturbance and disordered eating amongst adolescents and young adults: A reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this paper was to review the existing literature regarding the contribution of parental influences to the sociocultural pressures on body image disturbance and disordered eating so as to highlight principal findings so that parents can be given practical information and identify areas that require further research.Relevant articles were located through Pubmed, Sciencedirect and PsychInfo, as well as the screening of bibliographies.The available data suggest that parents are strong communicators of sociocultural pressures. Parental influences via verbal messages and active encouragement have been shown to hav...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - January 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rachel Rodgers, H. Chabrol Source Type: journals

Sociocultural influences on body dissatisfaction and dieting in Hong Kong girlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We investigated the relationship of sociocultural influences (SI) promoting thinness (parental, peer and media pressures for thinness, and individual value for modernity), age and body mass Index (BMI) to body dissatisfaction (BD) and dieting in 294 Hong Kong community adolescent girls. We proposed that BD mediated SI's relationship with dieting. In bivariate analyses, all variables were significantly (p [le] .05) related to BD (ß's from 0.14 to 0.59), and, except for modernity, to dieting (ß's from 0.17 to 0.51). In multivariate analyses, peer (ß = 0.32, p < .001) and media pressures for thinness (ß = 0.18, p < .01) b...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - September 16, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: T. H. Lam, Stephanie W. Lee, Samantha Fung, S. Y. Ho, Peter W. H. Lee, Sunita M. Stewart Source Type: journals

Are Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa separate disorders? Challenging the 'transdiagnostic' theory of eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are classified as separate and distinct clinical disorders. Recently, there has been support for a transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders, which would reclassify them as one disorder.To determine whether AN and BN are a single disorder with one cause or separate disorders with different causes.Hill's Criteria of Causation were used to test the hypothesis that AN and BN are one disorder with a single cause. Hill's Criteria of Causation demand that the minimal conditions are needed to establish a causal relationship between two items which include all of the following: stren...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - September 10, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: C. Laird Birmingham, Stephen Touyz, Jane Harbottle Source Type: journals

Bigorexia: bodybuilding and muscle dysmorphiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Muscle dysmorphia is an emerging condition that primarily affects male bodybuilders. Such individuals obsess about being inadequately muscular. Compulsions include spending hours in the gym, squandering excessive amounts of money on ineffectual sports supplements, abnormal eating patterns or even substance abuse. In this essay, I illustrate the features of muscle dysmorphia by employing the first-person account of a male bodybuilder afflicted by this condition. I briefly outline the history of bodybuilding and examine whether the growth of this sport is linked to a growing concern with body image amongst males. I suggest t...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - September 2, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Philip E. Mosley Source Type: journals

Existential well-being in younger and older people with anorexia nervosa - a preliminary investigationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous research suggests that anorexic behaviour may be an attempt to introduce control into a chaotic environment, and that the need for stability and meaning in life is an important factor in the development of psychopathologies. The phenomenon of 'existential anxiety' is a characteristic reaction to a lack of meaning in the life of an individual. This preliminary study attempted to identify whether existential concerns are associated with anorexic symptoms.Two groups of women with anorexia (those aged between 18 and 30, and those aged over 30, respectively) were compared to two age-matched comparison groups across fou...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - September 1, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Andy P. Fox, Newman Leung Source Type: journals

Weight limits, estimations of future BMI, subjective pubertal timing and physical appearance comparisons among adolescent girls as precursors of disturbed eating behaviour in a community sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From a clinical point of view, a high 'objective' BMI or an early biological onset of puberty are well-known risk factors for eating disorders. In contrast, little is known about irrational beliefs and subjective meanings of body weight and pubertal timing.Mostly using standardised questionnaires, 136 girls with an average age of 12 years were asked to report their eating behaviour, (body) self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, weight limits, estimations of future BMI, subjective pubertal timing and appearance-related social comparisons.Results showed significant correlations between disturbed eating behaviour and the existenc...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 27, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Uwe Berger, Katharina Weitkamp, Bernhard Strauss Source Type: journals

Learning experiences in dance class predict adult eating disturbanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Elite dancers are at increased risk of eating disorders. The authors hypothesized that specific learning about thinness in dance class, rather than simple participation in dance training, tends to be an important aspect of the risk process. Approximately 500 college women reported on their previous dance experiences, their dance-related learning about thinness, their eating behaviours and attitudes and their thinness expectancies. Results showed that lifetime amount of time spent in dance class was unrelated to adult eating disturbance, women's reports of learning experiences concerning thinness during their dance classes ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Agnes Annus, Gregory T. Smith Source Type: journals

Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: The role of anxiety, depression and emotional eatingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study investigated loss of control (LC) over eating and the role of anxiety, depression and emotional eating in a sample of both treatment seeking (N = 115) and non-treatment seeking (N = 73) overweight youngsters (aged 8-18) using a semi-structured clinical interview and self-report questionnaires. It was found that treatment seekers reported twice as much LC (40%) compared to non-treatment seekers (21%). Cross-sectional prediction models indicated that increased anxiety was associated with emotional eating and LC. Emotional eating tended to mediate the relationship between anxiety and LC. Increased depression...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Lien Goossens, Caroline Braet, Leen Van Vlierberghe, Saskia Mels Source Type: journals

Binge eating disorder pharmacotherapy clinical trails - who is left out?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report examined the characteristics of subjects interested in binge eating disorder (BED) pharmacotherapy trails who were ineligible for participation.Data on 2685 potential subjects interested in participating in five different placebo-controlled monotherapy trails of BED were analysed.Of the 2685 potential subjects, 1230 (45.8%) were ineligible because they did not meet entry criteria, 586 (21.8%) were eligible for participation, 531 (19.8%) were not interested in the study and 338 (12.6%) were not contacted. Among the 1230 ineligible candidates, 525 (42.7%) were taking exclusionary psychotropic medication, 305 (24....
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 8, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Anna I. Guerdjikova, Susan L. McElroy Source Type: journals

The relationship between skinfold thickness and body mass index in North European Caucasian and East Asian women with anorexia nervosa: Implications for diagnosis and managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To investigate the relationship between skinfold thickness and body mass index (BMI) in North European Caucasian and East Asian young women with and without anorexia nervosa (AN) in two countries.Height, weight and skinfold thicknesses were assessed in 137 young women with and without AN, in Australia and Singapore. The relationship between BMI and the sum of triceps, biceps, subscapular and iliac crest skinfolds was analysed with clinical status, ethnicity, age and country of residence as covariates.For the same BMI, women with AN had significantly smaller sums of skinfolds than women without AN. East Asian women both wit...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Nerissa L Soh, Stephen Touyz, Timothy A Dobbins, Simon Clarke, Michael R Kohn, Ee Lian Lee, Vincent Leow, Ken EK Ung, Garry Walter Source Type: journals

A pilot intervention to reduce eating disorder risk in Latina womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study tested the effects of an eating disorder risk reduction programme (Food, Mood and Attitude (FMA)) with Latina women.Fifty-two female Latina college students were screened. Of these, 28 eligible women were administered a questionnaire packet prior to and approximately 2 months and again 1 year after completing a 2-hour computer-based risk reduction programme called FMA and participating in two 2-hour discussion groups about risk factors for eating disorders.Paired sample t-tests indicated significant changes from pre- to post-assessment on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ)-shape concerns...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 7, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Debra L. Franko, Jessica B. Edwards George Source Type: journals

Eating disorders in ballet dancing students: Problems and risk factorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To study the prevalence of symptoms of eating disorders and risk eating behaviours and the relationship between life at a dance school and the risk of developing an eating disorder (ED) in an adolescent population of Spanish dance students.Questionnaires were used to assess attitudes to eating, cultural influences on the body shape model, eating disorders (DSM-IV) and risk factors for eating disorders in 76 adolescent dance students (age 12-17 years) at the Barcelona Theatre Institute. Subjects were compared with a community sample of 453 female adolescents. To study the relationship between ED and characteristics of this ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - August 6, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Josep Toro, Marta Guerrero, Joan Sentis, Josefina Castro, Carles Puértolas Source Type: journals

Effectiveness of day hospital treatment for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this observational study was to examine the short-term effectiveness of a structured, largely manualised day hospital treatment, as well as the stability of short-term effects in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Eighty-three patients, 47 with AN and 36 with BN, were assessed at pre-treatment, at the end of the day hospital treatment and at follow-up approximately one year after post-treatment. Outcome measures were body mass index (BMI), disturbed eating attitudes and behaviours assessed by the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), frequency of bingeing and purging, and general psychopath...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 31, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Eike Fittig, Corinna Jacobi, Herbert Backmund, Monika Gerlinghoff, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Source Type: journals

Many roads lead to Rome: Why does cognitive behavioural therapy remain unsuccessful for many eating disorder patients?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper makes the case that the widely used evidence-based 'CBT' approaches remain unsuccessful in many eating disorder patients. Six critical 'personal reflections' are formulated on why many patients remain totally resistant toward our therapeutic endeavours. My reflections suggest that probably many roads may lead to Rome. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Johan Vanderlinden Source Type: journals

Pros and cons of using the mental health act for severe eating Disorders in AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, based in a specialist hospital, we compared patients treated under parental consent with those detained under the Mental Health Act: their characteristics and outcome up to 12 months after discharge.34 patients were informal (treated under parental consent) (age: 16.2 ± 1.3 years) and 16 were treated under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act (age: 16.2 ± 1) in a 3-year period. Detained patients had an earlier age of onset (12.2 ± 5 vs. 14.3 ± 1.8) and more previous hospitalisation. On admission, their psychosocial functioning (Children's Global Assessment Scale (C-GAS): 13.6 ± 2 vs. 26.9 ± 9; Health of ...
Source: European Eating Disorders Review - July 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Agnes Ayton, Catherine Keen, Bryan Lask Source Type: journals