Environmental factors associated with disordered weight-control behaviours among youth: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Environmental factors may be very important in the development of disordered weight-control behaviours (DWCB) among youth, yet no study to date has conducted a review that synthesizes these findings. The purpose of the present study was to systematically review existing literature on environmental influences on DWCB among youth and to identify conceptual and methodological gaps in the literature.

Design

Systematic review.

Setting

Studies were identified through a systematic search using PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and secondary references. Inclusion criteria included observational studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 1994 to 2012 that examined environmental exposure(s) associated with DWCB among youth.

Subjects

Ninety-three studies, t

SUBMITTER: Wang ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10284682 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature