title: Eating patterns in youth with and without loss of control eating.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the characteristic meal patterns of adolescents with and without loss of control (LOC) eating episodes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Eating Disorder Examination was administered to assess self-reported LOC and frequency of meals consumed in an aggregated sample of 574 youths (12-17 years; 66.6% female; 51.2% Caucasian; BMI-z: 1.38 ± 1.11), among whom 227 (39.6%) reported LOC eating.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to those without LOC, youth with LOC were less likely to consume lunch and evening meals (p's < .05), but more likely to consume morning, afternoon, and nocturnal snacks (p's ≤ .05), accounting for age, sex, race, socio-economic status, BMI-z, and treatment-seeking status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents with reported LOC eating appear to engage in different meal patterns compared to youth without LOC, and adults with binge eating. Further research is needed to determine whether the meal patterns that characterize adolescents with LOC play a role in worsening disordered eating and/or excessive weight gain.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: Brittany E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Matheson
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanofsky-Kraff
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shafer-Berger
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sedaka
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mooreville
authors.forename: Samantha A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Reina
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vannucci
authors.forename: Lauren B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Shomaker
authors.forename: Susan Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Yanovski
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yanovski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D018579:Patient Selection; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors