Risk factors in preadolescent boys and girls for the development of eating pathology in young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite a growing literature on potential risk factors for eating disorders, longitudinal research starting before adolescence is scarce, and little is known about risk factors in males. We investigated risk factors in preadolescent boys and girls for the development of eating pathology in adolescence and young adulthood.

Method

This study is part of TRAILS (TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey), a Dutch population-based cohort study (N = 2,229) from preadolescence into adulthood. Potential risk factors were measured at age 11, based on self-report, reports of one of the parents, and records of the Preventive Child Healthcare. Variables included sociodemographic variables, pregnancy and perinatal factors, eating- and weight-related factors, psychological f

SUBMITTER: van Eeden AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature