title: Psychosocial risk factors of loss of control eating in primary school children: a retrospective case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a comprehensive investigation of the retrospective correlates of loss of control (LOC) over eating in children close to the onset of their first LOC eating episodes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community-based, case-control design was used to compare matched groups of 60 children with and without LOC eating. Retrospective correlates were assessed using a child-adapted version of the Oxford Risk Factor Interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children with LOC eating revealed greater levels of exposure to parental problems, (e.g., underinvolvement, arguments, and depression of family members) and dieting-related risk factors than children without LOC eating. Predictors of LOC eating were risk correlates parental underinvolvement, and critical comments by the family and the critical life event change of school.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results underline the influence of parental behavior and the impact of dieting behavior on the development of non-normative eating in middle childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, OCD and Related Disorders Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. ahartmann1@partners.org
authors.forename: Andrea Sabrina
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czaja
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rief
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilbert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors