title: Dieting and encouragement to diet by significant others: associations with disordered eating in young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine the role of perceived significant other's modeling or encouragement of dieting in young adults' disordered eating behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online survey data were collected (2008-2009) as part of an ongoing study examining weight and related issues in young people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were originally recruited as students at middle and high schools in Minnesota (1998-1999).
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand two hundred ninety-four young adults (mean age 25.3, 55% female, 50% white) with significant others.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were asked if their significant other diets or encourages them to diet. Behaviors included unhealthy weight control, extreme weight control, and binge eating.
  
  
  METHODS
  General linear models estimated the predicted probability of using each behavior across levels of significant other's dieting or encouraging dieting, stratifying by gender, and adjusting for demographics and body mass index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Perceived dieting and encouragement to diet by significant others were common. Disordered eating behaviors were positively associated with significant other's dieting and encouragement to diet, particularly for females. In models including both perceived dieting and encouragement, encouragement remained significantly associated with disordered eating. For example, women's binge eating was almost doubled if their significant other encouraged dieting "very much" (25.5%) compared to "not at all" (13.6%, p = .015).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a strong association between disordered eating behaviors and perceived modeling and encouragement to diet by significant others in young adulthood.
authors: Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. eisen012@umn.edu
authors: Marla E
authors: ME
authors: Eisenberg
authors: Jerica M
authors: JM
authors: Berge
authors: Dianne
authors: D
authors: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota; D011209:Power, Psychological; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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