title: Low social interactions in eating disorder patients in childhood and adulthood: a multi-centre European case control study.
abstract: The objective of this article was to examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p<0.001] and watching TV [p<0.05] and less socializing with friends [p<0.05]) than the healthy control group and this continued in adulthood. There were minimal differences across ED sub-diagnoses and various cross-cultural differences emerged. Reduced social activities may be an important risk and maintaining factor for ED symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Unit and SGDP Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK. isabel.1.krug@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penelo
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Aranda
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anderluh
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellodi
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cellini
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: di Bernardo
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Granero
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karwautz
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nacmias
authors.forename: Valdo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ricca
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sorbi
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tchanturia
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005060:Europe; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult