Global Proportion of Disordered Eating in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The 5-item Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food (SCOFF) questionnaire is the most widely used screening measure for eating disorders. However, no previous systematic review and meta-analysis determined the proportion of disordered eating among children and adolescents.

Objective

To establish the proportion among children and adolescents of disordered eating as assessed with the SCOFF tool.

Data sources

Four databases were systematically searched (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library) with date limits from January 1999 to November 2022.

Study selection

Studies were required to meet the following criteria: (1) participants: studies of community samples of children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years and (2) outcome: disordered eating assess

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Gil JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941974 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature