A longitudinal study of eating behaviours in childhood and later eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eating behaviours in childhood are considered as risk factors for eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence. However, few longitudinal studies have examined this association.

Aims

We investigated associations between childhood eating behaviours during the first ten years of life and eating disorder behaviours (binge eating, purging, fasting and excessive exercise) and diagnoses (anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, purging disorder and bulimia nervosa) at 16 years.

Method

Data on 4760 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were included. Longitudinal trajectories of parent-rated childhood eating behaviours (8 time points, 1.3-9 years) were derived by latent class growth analyses. Eating disorder diagnoses wer

SUBMITTER: Herle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature