While there is good evidence that binge eating disorder (BED) is linked to higher-than-expected use of a broad range of addictive behaviors, mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Using a mediation-analytical approach with three age- and gender-matched groups - overweight/obese adults with (n = 42) and without (n = 104) BED, and normal-weight control participants (n = 7...

OBJECTIVE To compare parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors and examine their respective associations with child's weight-related outcomes. METHODS Seventy-three parent-child dyads completed self-administered surveys that assessed parent and child report of parental direct weight-related behaviors (comments to child about weight, encourage child to diet) and indirect beh...

The present study examined the psychological and weight-related correlates of body checking and avoidance behaviors in individuals who have lost weight through obesity treatment. Among 185 individuals in behavioral weight-control treatment, the prevalence of body checking and avoidance behavior was assessed, as well as the relationship of checking and avoidance to attitudinal disturbances, weig...

This cross-sectional survey study examined weight control practices of 2,092 male and 1,748 female feshman students aged 18 years. For women, the desire for weight loss was observed at all levels of body weight. Most women (79%) wished to weigh less than their current weight, and 23% were following a restricted-calorie diet. In contrast, more men wished to gain (46%) rather than lose weight (32...

Although links between body image and dieting behaviors have been established among women, little research is available to elucidate relations between these constructs among men. In the present study, we examined relations between men’s and women’s body image and healthy and unhealthy dieting behaviors. Two hundred and eight participants’ (104 men, mean age = 25.88 years; 104 women, mean age = ...

background: unhealthy nutritional behaviors are a threat to adolescents. in this regard, we compared different training methods through a participatory interventional study. materials and methods: through proportional random selection, 1823 female students were selected from 15 middle schools of tehran. following 2 years of intervention, nutritional habits of three different interventional grou...