Alison E. Field|Kristin M. Javaras|Parul Aneja|Nicole Kitos|Carlos A. Camargo|C. Barr Taylor|Nan M. Laird
Family, Peer, and Media Predictors of Becoming Eating Disordered
identify predictors becoming eating disordered among adolescentsprospective cohort studyselfreport questionnairesgirls n 6916 boys n 5618 aged 9 15 years baseline ongoing growing today study guts main exposures parent peer media influencesonset starting binge eat purge ie vomiting using laxatives least weeklyduring 7 years followup 43 female subjects 23 male subjects hereafter referred females males started binge eat 53 females 08 males started purge control weight participants started binge eat purge rates risk factors varied sex age group 14 vs 14 years females younger 14 years whose mothers history eating disorder nearly 3 times likely peers start purging least weekly odds ratio 28 95 confidence interval 1359 however maternal history eating disorder unrelated risk starting binge eat purge older adolescent females frequent dieting trying look like persons media independent predictors binge eating females ages males negative comments weight fathers predictive starting binge least weeklyrisk factors development binge eating purging differ sex age group females maternal history eating disorder risk factor younger adolescent females