title: Inappropriate eating behavior: a longitudinal study with female adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the inappropriate eating behaviors (IEB) of female adolescents over a one-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  290 adolescents aged between 11 and 14 years old participated in the three research stages (T1: first four months, T2: second four months and T3: third four months). The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) was applied to assess the IEB. Weight and height were measured to calculate body mass index (BMI) in the three study periods. Analysis of variance for repeated measures was used to analyze the data, adjusted for the scores of the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Brazil Economic Classification Criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Girls at T1 showed a higher frequency of IEB compared to T2 (p=0.001) and T3 (p=0.001). The findings also indicated higher values for BMI in T3 in relation to T1 (p=0.04). The other comparisons did not show statistically significant differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IEB scores of female adolescents declined over one year.
authors.affiliation: UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leonardo de Sousa
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sebastião de Sousa
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Flávia Marcele
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.affiliation: UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Elisa C
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors