title: Eating disorder examination questionnaire: norms for young adolescent girls.
abstract: This paper reports young adolescent female norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). The standardization sample was comprised of 808 girls aged between 12 and 14 years from three single-sex schools (one private and two state schools). Means, standard deviations and percentile ranks for raw EDE-Q subscale scores are presented. Prevalence figures for key eating disorder behaviors over the previous two weeks were as follows: 4% self-induced vomiting; 1% laxative misuse; 0.4% diuretic misuse; and 8% regular binge eating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada. jacqueline.carter@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Fairburn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology