title: Comparison of overweight and obese military-dependent and civilian adolescent girls with loss-of-control eating.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Limited data suggest that the children of U.S. service members may be at increased risk for disordered-eating. To date, no study has directly compared adolescent military-dependents to their civilian peers along measures of eating pathology and associated correlates. We, therefore, compared overweight and obese adolescent female military-dependents to their civilian counterparts along measures of eating-related pathology and psychosocial functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescent females with a BMI between the 85th and 97th percentiles and who reported loss-of-control eating completed interview and questionnaire assessments of eating-related and general psychopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three military-dependents and 105 civilians participated. Controlling for age, race, and BMI-z, military-dependents reported significantly more binge episodes per month (p < 0.01), as well as greater eating-concern, shape-concern, and weight-concern (p's < 0.01) than civilians. Military-dependents also reported more severe depression (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescent female military-dependents may be particularly vulnerable to disordered-eating compared with civilian peers. This potential vulnerability should be considered when assessing military-dependents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.|Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Natasha A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Schvey
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sbrocco
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Edny J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.|Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ress
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington.
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Spieker
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conforte
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bakalar
authors.affiliation: Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Courtney K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Pickworth
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Marissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barmine
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (FBCH), Virginia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.|Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yanovski
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.|Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanofsky-Kraff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: adolescents; disordered-eating; loss of control and binge eating; military dependents; obesity; overweight