Physiological, body composition, and body mass measures show that a developmental measure of weight suppression is more valid than the traditional measure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The traditional measure of weight suppression (TWS; the difference between an individual's highest past weight at adult height and current weight), has been associated with many psychological, behavioral and biological variables in those with eating disorders. A new measure of weight suppression, called developmental weight suppression (DWS), corrects two major problems in the original measure. Initial research indicates that DWS represents a superior operationalization of the construct weight suppression was originally designed to measure (Lowe [1993, Psychol Bull, 114: 100]). This study is the first to examine the relation between both WS measures and weight history, body composition and a variety of metabolic hormones.

Methods

Data were collected in 91 women wit

SUBMITTER: Lowe MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949195 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature