The risks of disordered eating in Hong Kong adolescents

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mak, Kwok Kei ^a   Lai, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disordered eating; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING ATTITUDES TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84862859109     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327475     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Halmi KA. Anorexia nervosa: an increasing problem in children and adolescents. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2009; 11: 100-3.
2. Swanson SA, Crow SJ, Le Grange D, et al. Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in adolescents. Results from the national comorbidity survey replication adolescent supplement. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011; 68: 714-23.
3. Chen H, Jackson T. Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorder endorsements among adolescents and young adults from China. Eur Eat Disord Rev 2008; 16: 375-85.
4. Garner DM, Garfinkel PE. The Eating Attitudes Test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Psychol Med 1979; 9: 273-9. (Pubitemid 9198794)
5. Wells JE, Coope PA, Gabb DC, et al. The factor structure of the Eating Attitudes Test with adolescent schoolgirls. Psychol Med 1985; 15: 141-6. (Pubitemid 15133488)
6. Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Bohr Y, et al. The eating attitudes test: psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychol Med 1982; 12: 871-8. (Pubitemid 13174854)
7. Al-Adawi S, Dorvlo AS, Burke DT, et al. A survey of anorexia nervosa using the Arabic version of the EAT-26 and "gold standard"interviews among Omani adolescents. Eat Weight Disord 2002; 7: 304-11.
8. Costarelli V, Antonopoulou K, Mavrovounioti C. Psychosocial characteristics in relation to disordered eating attitudes in Greek adolescents. Eur Eat Disord Rev 2011; 19: 322-30.
9. Mukai T, Crago M, Shisslak CM. Eating attitudes and weight preoccupation among female high school students in Japan. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1994; 35: 677-88. (Pubitemid 24136022)
10. Nishizawa Y, Kida K, Nishizawa K, et al. Perception of self-physique and eating behavior of high school students in Japan. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2003; 57: 189-96. (Pubitemid 36505276)
11. Lee AM, Lee S. Disordered eating and its psychosocial correlates among Chinese adolescent females in Hong Kong. Int J Eat Disord 1996; 20: 177-83. (Pubitemid 26274619)
12. Latzer Y, Tzischinsky O. Eating attitudes in a diverse sample of Israeli adolescent females: a comparison study. J Adolesc 2005; 28: 317-23. (Pubitemid 40753710)
13. Jones JM, Bennett S, Olmsted MP, et al. Disordered eating attitudes and behaviours in teenaged girls: a school-based study. CMAJ 2001; 165: 547-52. (Pubitemid 32881557)
14. Lorenzo CR, Lavori PW, Lock JD. Eating attitudes in high school students in the Philippines: a preliminary study. Eat Weight Disord 2002; 7: 202-9.
15. Cilliers J, Senekal M, Kunneke E. The association between the body mass index of first-year female university students and their weight-related perceptions and practices, psychological health, physical activity and other physical health indicators. Public Health Nutr 2006; 9: 234-43.
16. Bilali A, Galanis P, Velonakis E, et al. Factors associated with abnormal eating attitudes among Greek adolescents. J Nutr Educ Behav 2010; 42: 292-8.
17. Tam CK, Ng CF, Yu CM, et al. Disordered eating attitudes and behaviours among adolescents in Hong Kong: prevalence and correlates. J Paediatr Child Health 2007; 43: 811-7. (Pubitemid 350150838)
18. Yang SJ, Kim JM, Yoon JS. Disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors in South Korean boys and girls: a school-based cross-sectional study. Yonsei Med J 2010; 51: 302-9.
19. Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, et al. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240-3. (Pubitemid 30240471)
20. Cole TJ, Flegal KM, Nicholls D, et al. Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey. BMJ 2007; 335: 194.
21. Pastore DR, Fisher M, Friedman SB. Abnormalities in weight status, eating attitudes, and eating behaviors among urban high school students: correlations with self-esteem and anxiety. J Adolesc Health 1996; 18: 312-9. (Pubitemid 26141260)
22. Szabo CP, Allwood CW. Application of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) in a rural, Zulu speaking, adolescent population in South Africa. World Psychiatry 2004; 3: 169-71.
23. Liebman M, Cameron BA, Carson DK, et al. Dietary fat reduction behaviors in college students: relationship to dieting status, gender and key psychosocial variables. Appetite 2001; 36: 51-6. (Pubitemid 32113527)
24. Braet C, Claus L, Goossens L, et al. Differences in eating style between overweight and normal-weight youngsters. J Health Psych 2008; 13: 733-43.
25. Yanez AM, Peix MA, Atserias N, et al. Association of eating attitudes between teenage girls and their parents. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2007; 53: 507-13. (Pubitemid 350104106)
26. Schneider N, Frieler K, Pfeiffer E, et al. Comparison of body size estimation in adolescents with different types of eating disorders. Eur Eat Disord Rev 2009; 17: 468-75.
27. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-IV-TR. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
28. Katzman DK, Zipursky RB. Adolescents with anorexia nervosa: the impact of the disorder on bones and brains. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1997; 817: 127-37. (Pubitemid 27344645)
29. Root AW, Powers PS. Anorexia nervosa presenting as growth retardation in adolescents. J Adolesc Health Care 1983; 4: 25-30. (Pubitemid 13087765)
30. Herpertz-Dahlmann B. Adolescent eating disorders: definitions, symptomatology, epidemiology and comorbidity. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin North Am 2009; 18: 31-47.
31. Lee S, Kwok K, Liau C, et al. Screening Chinese patients with eating disorders using the Eating Attitudes Test in Hong Kong. Int J Eat Disord 2002; 32: 91-7.
32. Lee S. How abnormal is the desire for slimness? A survey of eating attitudes and behaviour among Chinese undergraduates in Hong Kong. Psychol Med 1993; 23: 437-51. (Pubitemid 23209239)