ArticleThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2020
A longitudinal study of eating behaviours in childhood and later eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses.
Article in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06387719 (Precursors of Binge Eating Disorder in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents With Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Precursors of Binge Eating Disorder in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents With Obesity: Early MRI Markers of Brain Reward and Inhibition Processing Dysfunction
Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.
- COVID-19-related changes in eating disorder pathology, emotional and binge eating and need for care: a systematic review with frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyses.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Pooled it
- Symptom trajectories into eating disorders: A systematic review of longitudinal, nonclinical studies in children/adolescents.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2020Pooled it
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- Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disordered Eating in US Youth: The PLATE Study.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Understanding vulnerabilities and resilience in binge eating disorder among female population and transgender individuals across the lifespan: a narrative review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Review
- A scoping review on weight loss injections and eating disorders: therapeutic impact, risks of misuse, and emerging harms.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Development and initial validation of the Mindful Eating Behaviour Scale for children and parents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Suicide attempts, self-harm and suicidal ideation among Norwegian university students with eating disorders and disordered eating: the SHoT study 2018 and 2022.BMC psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Associations Among Anxiety, Sleep Quality, and Binge Eating in Hispanic and African American/Black Early Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Gender differences in relationships among parenting dimensions, disordered eating, and psychological factors in adolescents: a network analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Appetitive traits and long-term risk of disordered eating: a 3-year follow-up in children with overweight and obesity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Pathological Eating Patterns in Adults Displaying Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Development of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Its Progression to Eating Disorders in Canada: A Nationally Representative Microsimulation.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Childhood Mental Health and Body Mass Index as Mediators of Genetic Risk for Eating Disorders.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The longitudinal impact of individual and parental emotional factors and individual behavioral factors on weight and disordered eating: A scoping review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Adolescent eating behaviours: associations with autistic and ADHD traits in childhood and the mediating role of anxiety.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Disordered eating in early childhood: DRD2 and COMT gene polymorphisms and behavioral features in family trios.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Endorsement of Avoidant/Restrictive Eating Motivations Across Restrictive Eating Disorders: A Trait- and State-Level Examination.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Understanding atypical eating behaviours in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among US Children: Untangling the Developmental Sex Differences.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEating behaviours in childhood are considered as risk factors for eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence. However, few longitudinal studies have examined this association.
aimsWe investigated associations between childhood eating behaviours during the first ten years of life and eating disorder behaviours (binge eating, purging, fasting and excessive exercise) and diagnoses (anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, purging disorder and bulimia nervosa) at 16 years.
methodData on 4760 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were included. Longitudinal trajectories of parent-rated childhood eating behaviours (8 time points, 1.3-9 years) were derived by latent class growth analyses. Eating disorder diagnoses were derived from self-reported, parent-reported and objectively measured anthropometric data at age 16 years. We estimated associations between childhood eating behaviours and eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses, using multivariable logistic regression models.
resultsChildhood overeating was associated with increased risk of adolescent binge eating (risk difference, 7%; 95% CI 2 to 12) and binge eating disorder (risk difference, 1%; 95% CI 0.2 to 3). Persistent undereating was associated with higher anorexia nervosa risk in adolescent girls only (risk difference, 6%; 95% CI, 0 to 12). Persistent fussy eating was associated with greater anorexia nervosa risk (risk difference, 2%; 95% CI 0 to 4).
conclusionsOur results suggest continuities of eating behaviours into eating disorders from early life to adolescence. It remains to be determined whether childhood eating behaviours are an early manifestation of a specific phenotype or whether the mechanisms underlying this continuity are more complex. Findings have the potential to inform preventative strategies for eating disorders.
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