Associations of adolescent emotional and loss of control eating with 1-year changes in disordered eating, weight, and adiposity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adolescent emotional-eating, referring to eating in response to negative affective states, is frequently reported by those with loss of control (LOC) eating. Although LOC eating has been shown to predict exacerbated disordered eating and excess weight/adiposity gain, the extent to which emotional-eating, either alone or in combination with LOC, predicts adverse outcomes has not been determined. Thus, we examined associations of baseline emotional-eating with changes in disordered eating, BMI, and adiposity over 1-year, and to what degree the presence or absence of baseline LOC moderated these associations.

Methods

189 non-treatment-seeking youth (15.4 ± 1.4y; 66% female; 67% non-Hispanic White, 38% overweight [BMI ≥ 85th %ile]) completed the emotional-eating Scale

SUBMITTER: Stojek MMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5395362 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature