Disordered eating behaviors and cardiometabolic risk among young adults with overweight or obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if unhealthy weight control behaviors or binge-eating behaviors among young adults with overweight/obesity are associated with body mass index (BMI) change and cardiometabolic risk at 7-year follow-up.

Methods

We used longitudinal cohort data from 5,552 young adults with overweight/obesity at baseline (18-24 years) with 7-year follow-up (24-32 years) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Baseline predictors were: (a) unhealthy weight control behaviors such as vomiting, fasting, skipping meals, or laxative/diuretic use to lose weight; or (b) binge-eating behaviors. Participants reporting either unhealthy weight control behaviors or binge-eating behaviors were considered to engage in any disordered eating behavior (DEB). Out

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230303 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature