Nicholls, D;
Statham, R;
Costa, S;
Micali, N;
Viner, RM;
(2016)
Childhood risk factors for lifetime bulimic or compulsive eating by age 30 years in a British national birth cohort.
Appetite
, 105
pp. 266-273.
10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.036.
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Abstract
Objective: To examine whether previously identified childhood risk factors for bulimia or compulsive eating (BCE) predict self-reported lifetime BCE by age 30 years in a prospective birth cohort. / Method: Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study at birth, 5, and 10 years, associations between 22 putative childhood risk factors and self-reported lifetime BCE at 30 years were examined, adjusting for sex and socioeconomic status. / Results: Only female sex (odds ratio (OR): 9.2; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.9–43.7; p = 0.005), low self-esteem (OR:2.9; 95%CI: 1.1–7.5; p = 0.03) and high maternal education (OR:5.4; 95%CI: 2.0–14.8; p = 0.001) were significantly associated with higher risk of BCE, whereas high SES at 10 years was significantly protective (OR:0.2; 95%CI: 0.1–0.8; p = 0.022) of BCE in fully adjusted multivariable logistic regression analysis. / Discussion: Our findings do not support a strong role for childhood weight status and eating behaviours in the development of bulimia and compulsive eating pathology, rather suggesting a focus on self esteem may have greater relative importance. Findings in relation to maternal education and SES need further exploration.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Childhood risk factors for lifetime bulimic or compulsive eating by age 30 years in a British national birth cohort |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.036 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.036 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Eating disorders; Risk factors; Childhood; Bulimia nervosa; Binge eating; Compulsive eating |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1501340 |
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