title: Racial/ethnic and weight status disparities in dieting and disordered weight control behaviors among early adolescents.
abstract: This study examined whether racial/ethnic minority early adolescents with overweight/obesity are at increased risk of disordered weight control behaviors, defined as unhealthy behaviors aiming to control or modify shape and weight, ranging from self-induced vomiting to the use of dietary supplements.
  
  
  
  U.S. Middle school children (n=12.511) provided self-report of gender, race/ethnicity, height, and weight as well as dieting and disordered weight control behaviors.
  
  
  
  In the entire sample, 25.6% (n=1514) of girls and 16.6% (n=1098) of boys reported dieting within the last month, while 3.5% (n=200) of girls and 2.7% (n=176) of boys reported DWCB. Within all racial/ethnic groups, participants classified as being overweight/obese (34% to 50%) were more likely to report dieting compared to their counterparts without overweight/obesity (9.6% to 29.6%). Racial/ethnic minority children with overweight/obesity had an increased risk of dieting and disordered weight control behaviors compared to their counterparts without overweight/obesity, and, for some outcomes, compared to their White peers with overweight/obesity.
  
  
  
  Racial/ethnic minority early adolescents with overweight/obesity are a particularly vulnerable group for disordered eating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Electronic address: rodgers.rachel@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA; Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Hunt Consulting Associates, Thetford Center, VT, USA.
authors.forename: Anne T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Spadano-Gasbarro
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.affiliation: Health Studies & Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA.
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Greaney
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryn Austin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D050177:Overweight / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Disparities; Early adolescence; Eating disorders; Obesity; Overweight; Race/ethnicity