This study investigated the prevalence of weight control and binge eating behaviors in a
sample of 767 adolescent girls aged 16–20 years, and the differences between adolescents …

As part of an ongoing longitudinal study of the antecedents and consequences of women's
drinking in the US adult female population, women who participated in a 1991 survey …

The phenomenology of childhood and adolescent loss of control (LOC) eating is unknown.
The authors interviewed 445 youths to assess aspects of aberrant eating. LOC was …

In an investigation of Heatherton and Baumeister's (1991) theory of binge eating, 207 female
undergraduate students were grouped as binge eaters (BE) or non-eating-disordered (NED) …

Prospective studies have identified factors that increase risk for eating pathology onset,
including perceived pressure for thinness, thin‐ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction …

Objective To identify shared risk and protective factors for purging, binge eating, and
overweight. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Population-based questionnaires of …

Maladaptive eating patterns were traced longitudinally in a large random sample of children.
Pickiness and concern with weight were more common in girls than in boys, and the …

Purpose To examine longitudinal risk factors and short-term risk correlates for the
development of extreme forms of restrictive eating among adolescent dieters. Methods Data …

Objective The very early engagement in bulimic behaviors, such as binge eating, may be
influenced by factors that dispose individuals to impulsive action as well as by factors that …

Because no single report has examined risk factors that predict future onset each type of
eating disorder and core symptom dimensions that crosscut disorders, we addressed these …