Identifying eating disorders in adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review of screening questionnaires.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This review aimed to examine the validity of self-report screening questionnaires for identifying eating disorder (ED) risk in adults and adolescents with overweight/obesity.

Method

Five databases were searched from inception to September 2020 for studies assessing validation of self-report ED screening questionnaires against diagnostic interviews in adolescents and adults with overweight/obesity. The review was registered with PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=220013).

Results

Twenty-seven papers examining 15 questionnaires were included. Most studies validated questionnaires for adults (22 of 27 studies), and most questionnaires (12 of 15) screened for binge eating or binge-eating disorder (BED). The Eating Disorder

SUBMITTER: House ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature