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Parental characteristics in association with disordered eating in 11- to 12-year-olds: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

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Larsen, Pernille Stemann; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine; Olsen, Else Marie; Micali, Nadia; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie

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European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 315-328

Publication date

2018

Abstract

We examined the association between parental characteristics and disordered eating among 11- to 12-year-olds within the Danish National Birth Cohort. Frequency of fasting, purging, and binge eating was obtained by self-report from 37,592 children and combined into a measure of disordered eating (no, monthly, and weekly). Information on parental characteristics was obtained during pregnancy, from the 7-year follow-up, and by linkage to population registers. Data were analysed using multinomial logistic regression models with robust standard errors. In total, 3.1% reported weekly and 4.1% reported monthly disordered eating. Parental young age, low educational level, and overweight/obesity were associated with disordered eating. The relative risk ratios for, respectively, weekly and monthly disordered eating according to maternal eating disorder were 1.01 [0.75, 1.37] and 1.09 [0.84, 1.42]. Disordered eating is common among children and is associated with several parental characteristics. We found social inequality in disordered eating, but our data did not support an association with maternal eating disorder.

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LARSEN, Pernille Stemann et al. Parental characteristics in association with disordered eating in 11- to 12-year-olds: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort. In: European Eating Disorders Review, 2018, vol. 26, n° 4, p. 315–328. doi: 10.1002/erv.2599

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