title: Risk Factors for Disordered Eating in Overweight Adolescents and Young Adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate risk factors for disordered eating among overweight youth, a subset of the population particularly at risk for such behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A population-based sample of overweight youth (n = 553) self-reported their disordered eating (binge eating, extreme weight control behaviors), depression-related symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and weight-related teasing at 5-year intervals spanning early/middle adolescence (Time 1; T1), middle adolescence/early young adulthood (Time 2; T2), and early/middle young adulthood (Time 3; T3).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using logistic regression, we found that T2 depression-related symptoms (p = .02) and body dissatisfaction (p = .01), and increases in body dissatisfaction from T1 to T2 (p = .03), predicted disordered eating incidence at T3.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depression-related symptoms and body dissatisfaction appear to be important risk factors for disordered eating among overweight youth. Eating disorder prevention programs should address these factors along with behaviors maintaining or exacerbating excess weight status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, goldschmidta@uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University.
authors.forename: Melanie M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, and.
authors.forename: Katie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Loth
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: binge eating; disordered eating; overweight; risk factors; unhealthy weight control behaviors