Children's Eating Attitudes Test

Maloney, Michael J.; McGuire, Julie Bell; Daniels, Stephen R.

doi:10.1037/t06968-000

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“…Bulimia nervosa typically starts in the late teenage phase with a peak age of onset of 18 years (Mitchell et al 1987), but a small series of young onset cases of bulimia nervosa has been described (Remschmidt & Herpertz-Dahlmann, 1990). There is disturbing evidence that dieting and concerns about body shape and weight are increasingly affecting younger cohorts of children (Maloney et al 1989;Collins, 1991). Dieting appears to be an important antecedent to bulimia nervosa and increases the risk of developing an eating disorder eight-fold (Patton et al 1990).…”

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Early onset bulimia nervosa: who is at risk? A retrospective case–control study

Schmidt¹,

Hodes²,

Treasure³

1992

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisThe aim of the study was to compare the clinical features and predisposing characteristics of patients with an early onset of bulimia nervosa with those with a more typical onset. Twenty-three cases of early onset bulimia nervosa (onset age 15 or below) were compared with 23 sex- and class-matched cases of typical onset (onset age 17 to 21) using a retrospective case–control design. No difference was found in eating symptomatology between the two groups. Deliberate self-harm was more frequent in the early onset group, and there was a trend towards more depression among their relatives. Inadequate parental control occurred more often in the early onset group, but other indicators of intrafamilial disturbance did not differ in the two groups. There was also a trend for the early onset group to be exposed to more cultural stress as a result of family migration. Early onset patients were found to have a higher loading on risk factors than typical onset patients.

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