Trial reportThe International journal of eating disorders2019
Change in eating disorder symptoms following pediatric obesity treatment.
Trial report in The International journal of eating disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of binge eating, loss of control eating, and weight loss in children and adolescents.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Parent involvement approach and changes in eating pathology within an adolescent obesity intervention.Eating behaviors · 2023Trial
- Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis.Pediatric obesity · 2023Trial
- Adolescent Weight Management Intervention in a Nonclinical Setting: Changes in Eating-Related Cognitions and Depressive Symptoms.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2021Trial
- Facets of Dietary Restraint Associated With Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents With Higher Weight.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- "It's Not Healthy to Be Too Large"-A Qualitative Study Using Participatory Methods to Explore Children's and Adolescents' Perspectives on Obesity Treatment and Body Image.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dismantling the myth of "all foods fit" in eating disorder treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The ENDORSE Feasibility Study: Exploring the Use of M-Health, Artificial Intelligence and Serious Games for the Management of Childhood Obesity.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Formative Development of a Weight Management Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity.Pediatric diabetes · 2023Article
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- A brief session-by-session measure of eating disorder psychopathology for children and adolescents: Development and psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder-15 for Youth (ED-15-Y).The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study is to evaluate whether children with overweight or obesity participating in an evidence-based treatment, family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for obesity, or a parent-only variant of FBT (PBT), experience an increase of eating disorder (ED) symptoms during and following treatment.
methodChildren (N = 150) participating in a randomized controlled trial of FBT or PBT completed measures of EDs attitudes and behaviors at baseline, following 6-months of treatment, 6 months, and 18 months after treatment.
resultsLinear-mixed effects models suggest that ED attitudes did not significantly increase. Rather, significant decreases of shape, weight, and eating concerns were shown following treatment. Loss of control over eating significantly decreased over treatment and follow-up. No participant endorsed purging at any time point. DISCUSSION: Results confirm the hypothesis that ED symptoms do not increase after participating in FBT or a FBT-based treatment. These findings should help assuage fears of parents that enrolling their child will exacerbate ED symptoms and aid children to access evidence-based treatments that may help reduce significant physical and psychosocial complications of childhood obesity.
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