OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for disordered eating among overweight youth, a subset of the population particularly at risk for such behaviors. METHODS A population-based sample of overweight youth (n = 553) self-reported their disordered eating (binge eating, extreme weight control behaviors), depression-related symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and weight-related teasing at 5-year int...

The aim of the current study was to add to the growing body of research on men with eating disorders by examining the association between different types of body dissatisfaction (muscularity and body fat) and disordered eating in heterosexual and gay men. Two hundred four participants (over one-third were gay) completed measures assessing disordered eating, muscularity and body fat dissatisfact...

Both alexithymia and family functioning are predictive of disordered eating behavior. However, few studies have considered their relationship to occur as a mediation. Additionally, no literature has the influence that rational processing style, defined by Cognitive-Experiential Theory, may on this relationship. The current study aimed test prediction negative between behavior through alexithymi...

BACKGROUND This paper explores the differing perspectives of recovery and care of people with disordered eating. We consider the views of those who have not sought help for their disordered eating, or who have been given a diagnosis but have not engaged with health care services. Our aim is to demonstrate the importance of the cultural context of care and how this might shape people's perspecti...

The current study examined the relationships of motor, nonplanning, and attentional impulsivity to external and emotional eating among restrained eaters. Data were collected from a female college sample of restrained eaters (N=90). Aspects of impulsivity and disordered eating were assessed using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Version 11, the Attentional Control Scale and the Dutch Eating Beha...

OBJECTIVE Social media sites, such as Facebook, merge two factors that influence risk for eating disorders:media and peers. Previous work has identified cross-sectional and temporal associations between Facebook use and disordered eating. This study sought to replicate and extend these findings using an experimental design. METHOD In Study 1, 960 women completed self-report surveys regarding ...

This study investigates body esteem factors (weight-esteem and appearance-esteem) as mediators of the relationship between 'internalization of the ideal body figure' and disordered eating behaviors (restrained, emotional and external eating) in a community sample of adolescent males (n=810) and females (n=1137) from the Ontario Research on Eating and Adolescent Lifestyles (REAL) study. Mediatio...

OBJECTIVE Attentional biases for food-related stimuli may be associated separately with obesity, disordered eating, and hunger. We tested an integrative model that simultaneously examines the association of body mass index (BMI), disordered eating and hunger with food-related visual attention to processed foods that differ in added fat/sugar level (e.g., sweets, candies, fried foods) relative t...

Disordered eating behavior (DEB) is correlated with development of eating disorders and other psychological illnesses. Adolescent females with Type-1diabetes (T1DM) are at higher risk for developing DEB and have a two-fold higher incidence of DEB than their non-diabetic counterparts. Individuals with T1DM have the unique ability to omit insulin as a weight reduction strategy. DEB in T1DM adoles...