Maternal Eating Disorders and Eating Disorder Treatment Among Girls in the Growing Up Today Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of the study was to assess whether girls with mothers who have had an eating disorder (ED) have greater odds of developing ED symptoms and whether girls with ED symptoms have greater odds of receiving ED treatment if their mothers have an ED history.

Methods

Data came from 3,649 females in the Growing Up Today Study. Data were collected via questionnaires that were mailed every 12-24 months from 1996 to 2013. Girls who reported on ED treatment in 2013 and whose mothers completed a questionnaire in 2004 about maternal and child EDs were included in main analyses. Generalized estimating equations were used.

Results

Among complete cases, 28.3% of girls reported symptoms meeting criteria for an ED in at least 1 year and, of these, 12.4% reported receiving

SUBMITTER: Ziobrowski HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755056 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature