ArticlePreventing chronic disease2008
Screening high school students for eating disorders: results of a national initiative.
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- Socio-Cultural Standards Promoted by the Mass Media as Predictors of Restrictive and Bulimic Behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- A battery of self-screening instruments and self-reported body frame could not detect eating disorders among college students.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Engaging African American Adolescents and Stakeholders to Adapt Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Weight Gain Prevention.The Journal of black psychology · 2018Article
- Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women.Journal of eating disorders · 2018Article
- The Science Behind the Academy for Eating Disorders' Nine Truths About Eating Disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2017Review
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- More than half of high school students report disordered eating: a cross sectional study among Norwegian boys and girls.PloS one · 2015Article
- Predictors of dieting and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
introductionEarly identification and treatment of disordered eating and weight control behaviors may prevent progression and reduce the risk of chronic health consequences.
methodsThe National Eating Disorders Screening Program coordinated the first-ever nationwide eating disorders screening initiative for high schools in the United States in 2000. Students completed a self-report screening questionnaire that included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and items on vomiting or exercising to control weight, binge eating, and history of treatment for eating disorders. Multivariate regression analyses examined sex and racial/ethnic differences.
resultsAlmost 15% of girls and 4% of boys scored at or above the threshold of 20 on the EAT-26, which indicated a possible eating disorder. Among girls, we observed few significant differences between ethnic groups in eating disorder symptoms, whereas among boys, more African American, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Latino boys reported symptoms than did white boys. Overall, 25% of girls and 11% of boys reported disordered eating and weight control symptoms severe enough to warrant clinical evaluation. Of these symptomatic students, few reported that they had ever received treatment.
conclusionPopulation screening for eating disorders in high schools may identify at-risk students who would benefit from early intervention, which could prevent acute and long-term complications of disordered eating and weight control behaviors.
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