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. 2006 Mar;39(2):135-40.
doi: 10.1002/eat.20218.

Overeating among seriously overweight children seeking treatment: results of the children's eating disorder examination

Michele D Levine  1 , Rebecca M Ringham, Melissa A Kalarchian, Lucene Wisniewski, Marsha D Marcus
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Overeating among seriously overweight children seeking treatment: results of the children's eating disorder examination

Michele D Levine et al. Int J Eat Disord. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: We sought to examine rates of eating disorder symptoms among seriously overweight children seeking treatment using the Eating Disorder Examination for Children (ChEDE) and to provide initial data about their association with treatment outcome.

Method: Overweight children (N = 27) 8-13 years old were interviewed using the ChEDE before participating in a family-based behavioral treatment program. Height and weight were measured pretreatment, posttreatment, and approximately 8 months posttreatment.

Results: Fifteen percent of children reported subjective bulimic episodes (SBE). Weight loss did not differ for children with and without SBEs, but concerns about body shape were related to larger weight losses during treatment.

Conclusion: A considerable minority of treatment-seeking overweight children report an episodic sense of loss of control over eating. Loss of control is related to other disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, but does not appear to affect treatment outcome. Future studies are needed to replicate these initial findings.

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Eating disorder symptoms among children with (LoC+) and without (LoC−) a loss of control over eating.
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