Weight discrimination and unhealthy eating-related behaviors

Weight-related teasing, emotional eating, and weight control behaviors in Hispanic and African American girls.

PURPOSE To assess the association among parent and peer weight-related teasing, emotional eating, and weight control behaviors in minority girls. METHODS 141 Hispanic and African American preadolescent girls (mean age = 11.1 years, SD = 1.5 years) participated. Most of the participants were of Hispanic origin, had a bicultural orientation, and were obese. Participants completed surveys assess...

Unhealthy eating and other risk-taking behavior: are they related?

Self-perceived weight status, dieting, and unhealthy weight-control behaviors among Spanish male adolescents.

INTRODUCTION Self-perceived weight status among adolescents has been associated with weight-control behaviors. However, this relationship varies across weight status. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the effect of self-perceived weight status on dieting and unhealthy weight-control behaviors among Spanish male adolescents, across weight status. METHOD Participants were 597 Sp...

Problem eating behaviors related to social factors and body weight in preschool children: A longitudinal study

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association to eating patterns in adolescents and adults, little is known about the relationship between problematic eating behaviours and body weight in the preschool years within the context of various social factors. This research aims to analyze the relationship between social factors, mothers' perceptions of their c...

The relationships among psychiatric medications, eating behaviors, and weight.

To help address gaps in information about the links that exist between psychiatric medications and weight changes, an investigation of relationships among select psychotropic agents (i.e., mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and second-generation antipsychotics {SGAs}), eating behaviors, and weight was conducted. Data from a cross-sectional study of food habits in 97 individuals with mood disord...