A cross-sectional model of eating disorders in Argentinean overweight and obese children.
Despite the fact that past research identified childhood obesity as an antecedent of eating disorders, not all obese children further develop this pathology. With this regard, our first purpose was to isolate which characteristics differentiate overweight children who have an eating disorder from those who have not. Second, considering that there is little evidence collected in Latin American countries, we provided overweight children data from an Argentinean sample. Specifically, we investigated if weight-teasing, perfectionism, disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors, and body image dissatisfaction are related to the occurrence of an eating disorder in 100 school-aged overweight/obese children (37 girls and 63 boys; mean age 10.85, SD 0.88). Participants completed self-report instruments and were interviewed between 1 and 2 months later to confirm the presence of eating disorders. Seventeen percent participants confirmed to have an eating disorder. Further, the multivariate logistic analysis revealed that perfectionism (Exp β = 1.19) and disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors (Exp β = 4.78) were jointly associated with the presence of an eating disorder. These results were maintained even when the overall model was adjusted for covariates such as age, gender, body mass index, and school type. Weight-teasing and body image dissatisfaction did not contribute to the multivariate model. Prevalence rates of ED and model findings were discussed.
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Hipólito Yrigoyen 3242, C1207ABQ, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. lucianaelizathe@gmail.com.|Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. lucianaelizathe@gmail.com.
Luciana Soledad
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3181-3461
LS
Elizathe
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Hipólito Yrigoyen 3242, C1207ABQ, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Fernán Guido
FG
Arana
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Hipólito Yrigoyen 3242, C1207ABQ, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Guillermina
G
Rutsztein
D001118:Argentina; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D000072639:Perfectionism
Children; Eating disorders; Overweight
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