Prospective Associations Between Driven Exercise and Other Eating Disorder Behaviors in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Dysfunctional exercise is a common, debilitating symptom across eating disorders (ED). We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between experiences of exercise and ED behaviors and cognitions in an adolescent, population-based sample.

Methods

Adolescents (n = 4,054) self-reported whether they exercised to control shape and weight (exercise for weight loss [EWL]), and, if so, whether they exercised even when injured, and whether exercise interfered with life functioning (driven exercise) at age 14 years, allowing delineation of three exercise-based groups: no-EWL, EWL, and driven exercise. Participants also reported ED cognitions at age 14 years along with other ED behaviors (fasting, purging, binge eating) at ages 14 and 16 years. Sex-stratified

SUBMITTER: Schaumberg KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9038608 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature