Anxiety disorders predict fasting to control weight: A longitudinal large cohort study of adolescents

Lloyd, E Caitlin; Haase, Anne M; Zerwas, Stephanie; Micali, Nadia

doi:10.1002/erv.2714

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Anxiety disorders predict fasting to control weight: A longitudinal large cohort study of adolescents

ContributorsLloyd, E Caitlin; Haase, Anne M; Zerwas, Stephanie; Micali, Nadia

Published inEuropean Eating Disorders Review, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 269-281

Publication date2020

Abstract

To determine whether anxiety disorders are prospectively associated with fasting for weight-loss/to avoid weight-gain, a behaviour that precedes and is typical of anorexia nervosa (AN), during adolescence.

Keywords

ALSPAC
adolescent
anorexia nervosa
anxiety disorders
eating behaviour

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

Research group

Troubles de l'alimentation, des comportements alimentaires et autres troubles associés (996)

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LLOYD, E Caitlin et al. Anxiety disorders predict fasting to control weight: A longitudinal large cohort study of adolescents. In: European Eating Disorders Review, 2020, vol. 28, n° 3, p. 269–281. doi: 10.1002/erv.2714

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PID : unige:151365
DOI : 10.1002/erv.2714
PMID : 31849142

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192761/

ISSN of the journal1072-4133

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Anxiety disorders predict fasting to control weight: A longitudinal large cohort study of adolescents

To determine whether anxiety disorders are prospectively associated with fasting for weight-loss/to avoid weight-gain, a behaviour that precedes and is typical of anorexia nervosa (AN), during adolescence.

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