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Overvaluation of shape and weight among overweight children and adolescents with loss of control eating

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Title
Overvaluation of shape and weight among overweight children and adolescents with loss of control eating
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Behaviour Research & Therapy, July 2011
DOI 10.1016/j.brat.2011.07.011
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Andrea Goldschmidt, Denise E. Wilfley, Kamryn T. Eddy, Kerri Boutelle, Nancy Zucker, Carol B. Peterson, Angela Celio-Doyle, Daniel Le Grange

Abstract

Little is known about the phenomenology of pediatric loss of control (LOC) eating. Overvaluation of shape and weight, however, appears to be diagnostically meaningful among binge eating adults. We explored the significance of shape and weight overvaluation among children and adolescents with LOC eating. Participants (n = 526) included 149 overweight youth with LOC eating and 377 overweight controls (CON). Participants were categorized as those reporting at least moderate overvaluation (LOC-Mod, n = 74; CON-Mod, n = 106) or less than moderate overvaluation (LOC-Low, n = 75; CON-Low, n = 271), and compared on measures of eating-related and general psychopathology. LOC-Mod evidenced lower self-esteem than CON-Low, and greater behavioral problems than CON-Mod and CON-Low, but did not differ from LOC-Low in these domains. With the exception of LOC-Low and CON-Mod, all groups differed on global eating-disorder severity, with LOC-Mod scoring the highest. Overvaluation of shape and weight appears to be of questionable importance in defining subtypes of youth with LOC eating. However, as overvaluation and LOC eating each independently predicts eating-disorder onset, their confluence may confer even further risk for eating-disorder development. Longitudinal studies should address this possibility. Developmentally appropriate discussion about body image disturbance may be indicated in interventions targeting pediatric LOC eating and/or obesity.

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Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 99 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Researcher 9 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Other 19 19%
Unknown 23 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 35 34%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 9%
Social Sciences 7 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 30 29%
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#16,721,208
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#2,229
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