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. 2010 Jul;19(7):587-96.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-010-0089-5. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

Relations of dietary restraint and depressive symptomatology to loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters

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Relations of dietary restraint and depressive symptomatology to loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters

Lien Goossens et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Jul.
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Abstract

This study investigated the dietary restraint and depression pathway to loss of control over eating among a sample of overweight youngsters based on the assumptions of the extended cognitive behavioural theory for bulimia nervosa. The children's version of the eating disorder examination interview and the children's depression inventory were administered to 350 overweight youngsters (with a mean age of 13.30 years old). Structural equation modelling indicated that the over-evaluation of eating, weight and shape was significantly associated with dietary restraint, which in turn was significantly associated with loss of control over eating. Evidence was also found for a direct pathway between depressive symptoms and loss of control over eating. It can be concluded that in general, the main components to maintain the bulimic cycle in eating disordered patients operate in a similar way to maintain loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters.

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