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The association between disordered eating and health-related quality of life among children and adolescents: A systematic review of population-based studies.
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- The prevalence and risk factors of screen-based disordered eating among university students: a global systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Strategies for Preventing Obesity and Risk Factors for Eating Disorders among Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Adolescents' perspectives on socio-cultural influences on overweight and obesity in African countries: a systematic scoping review of qualitative studies.Current obesity reports · 2026Article
- Associations between food insecurity, food insufficiency, and disordered eating behaviors among U.S. adolescents.Eating behaviors · 2026Article
- Investigating Disordered Eating Behaviours Among Individuals Living With Neurodegenerative Disease: A Scoping Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic 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
- Eating disorder symptoms are prospectively associated with higher BMI percentile in male early adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent Athletes: Correlations With Energy Availability, Disordered Eating, and Compulsive Exercise Behaviors.Journal of athletic training · 2026Article
- Approved and Pipeline Pharmacological Interventions for Eating Disorders (2010-2025): 15 Years of Progress (or Lack Thereof).CNS drugs · 2026Review
- Perinatal risk factors and disordered eating in children and adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
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- Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among first-year university students in Sweden: Prevalence and risk factors.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The relationship between household food insecurity and quality of life among children aged 7-13 years: effects of parent-reported disordered eating, anxiety and depression.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Translation and Adaptation of the SCOFF Questionnaire to the Greek Language (G-SCOFF) Using a Tertiary-Setting Adolescent Sample.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with disordered eating in adolescents.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Quality of Life and Clinical Impairment in Spanish Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa Patients.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Self-reported health related quality of life in children and adolescents with an eating disorder.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Body shaming and internalized weight bias as potential precursors of eating disorders in adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Indicators of Eating Disorders in Sexually Abused Brazilian Adolescents: Family and School Contexts.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Disordered Eating Attitudes and Food Choice Motives Among Individuals Who Follow a Vegan Diet in Brazil.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have documented that disordered eating is associated with a wide range of impaired physical and mental health conditions among children and adolescents. The relationship between disordered eating and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been predominantly examined in children and adolescents who are overweight or obese or suffer from chronic illnesses. In the last decade, several studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between disordered eating and HRQOL among school and community children and adolescents. No systematic review or meta-analysis has synthesized the findings from these population-based studies. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to synthesize the relationship between disordered eating and HRQOL among the general population of children and adolescents.
methodsWe performed a computer search for the English language literature using the databases PUBMED, EMBASE and PSYCINFO to retrieve eligible studies published between 1946 and August 9, 2018. We also searched the relevant articles using PubMed related article search features and manually examined the reference lists of the retrieved full text articles selected from the database search. The association between disordered eating and HRQOL was synthesized using both a qualitative method and a meta-analysis. The review was conducted adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
resultsWe identified eight studies that met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final synthesis. The studies included six cross-sectional studies and two longitudinal studies. The systematic review found that disordered eating attitudes and behaviors were associated with lower HRQOL among children and adolescents. Children and adolescents with bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), purging disorder (PD) and other eating disorder symptoms had poorer HRQOL than their healthy peers without the eating disorder conditions. The meta-analysis using four out of the eight studies showed that disordered eating was significantly associated with poor psychosocial health and lower overall HRQOL among children and adolescents.
conclusionThe present review reveals that disordered eating behaviors and eating disorders are associated with decreased HRQOL in children and adolescents. More prospective studies are needed to ascertain the directions in the relationship between disordered eating and HRQOL among children and adolescents. The findings of this review suggest that health programs for promoting healthy eating and reducing disordered eating behaviors among school children and adolescents may help to enhance the HRQOL and overall health status of these individuals.
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