title: Correlates of body image dissatisfaction in treatment-seeking men and women with binge eating disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined body image dissatisfaction (BID) in patients with binge eating disorder (BED).
  
  
  METHODS
  Six predictors were considered in 343 consecutive treatment-seeking BED patients (76 men, 267 women): body mass index (BMI), age onset of overweight childhood teasing about weight or size childhood teasing about general appearance, depression, and self-esteem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women reported higher BID than men. In women, depression, self-esteem, and childhood teasing about weight or size jointly accounted for 28.4% of the variance in BID. In men, depression, self-esteem, and BMI jointly accounted for 47.4% of the variance in BID.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings highlight gender differences and the importance of adult psychological functioning (depression and self-esteem) for predicting BID in treatment-seeking men and women with BED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. carlos.grilo@yale.edu
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grilo
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Masheb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States