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Adolescent dieting and extreme weight loss behaviors (EWLB) prospectively predict the onset of EWLB in young adulthood, particularly among women.
If you are a young woman, be aware that starting to diet in adolescence is a strong predictor for developing extreme weight loss behaviors (like using laxatives or diet pills) later in life. Dieting should not be viewed as a benign or isolated activity, but as a potential risk factor for disordered eating patterns.
In the prospective models, excluding cases in which dieting or EWLB were present at baseline, we found that BID was a risk factor for onset of dieting at W3... We also found that early dieting and depression were risk factors for onset of EWLB at W3 among women. Specifically, dieting at W1 was associated with a 1.6 increase in odds of onset of EWLB at W3
Why this rating
Large nationally representative longitudinal sample (N=14,322) with prospective design controlling for demographics and BMI.
Source
Longitudinal predictors of dieting and disordered eating among young adults in the U.S.
Janet M. Liechty et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders · 2013
DOI 10.1002/eat.22174
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