ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
The presence of migraine symptoms was associated with a higher likelihood to present eating disorders symptoms among teenage students.
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- Beyond the Pain: A Critical Examination of the Psychopathological and Neuropsychological Dimensions of Primary Headaches in Pediatric Populations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Look at My Body: It Tells of Suffering-Understanding Psychiatric Pathology in Patients Who Suffer from Headaches, Restrictive Eating Disorders, or Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries (NSSIs).Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Eating attitudes of migraine patients in Turkey: a prospective multi-center study.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- Dismantling the myth of "all foods fit" in eating disorder treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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objectiveTo investigate the association between migraine and signs and symptoms of eating disorders among teenagers. And as secondary objectives: to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders signs and symptoms and to identify the prevalence of migraine among teenagers.
methodsCross-sectional study was carried out in public schools which included adolescents aged 11-18 years, of both sexes. For eating disorders evaluation two self-reported questionnaires were used: Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and The Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburg (BITE). The presence and characterization of headache were verified following the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II).
results607 adolescents (388 females) with mean age of 13.9 years (95% CI: 13.7; 14) were included. The eating disorders symptoms based on EAT-26 (p = 0.041) and the bulimia nervosa symptoms (p = 0.014) evaluation were more prevalent among teenagers with migraine compared with non-migraine. Also, in multivariate analysis, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) to present bulimia nervosa symptoms is 1.85 times higher among females than males. And, the adjusted OR to present bulimia nervosa symptoms among teenagers with migraine is 1.51 times (OR) higher than among non-migraine.
conclusionsThe presence of migraine symptoms were associated with a higher likelihood to present eating disorders symptoms among teenagers, especially in females, that was associated with a 1.85-fold increase in the risk to present bulimia nervosa symptoms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, Evidence obtained from cross-sectional study.
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