Health habits during lockdown for COVID-19 in Spain and its effect on weight.

Background and objectives: a deterioration of health habits has been found in various studies caused by stressful situations such as mandatory and maintained confinement over time. This study aims to analyze the health habits of the Spanish adult population during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possible impact on their body weight. Method: two thousand eight hundred and thirty-four volunteer subjects participated in the study (69.

Obesity Bias in the School Setting: A Brief Report.

Obesity bias is one of the main psychosocial consequences experienced by people who are overweight and people with obesity. Therefore, its study, especially during childhood, has become an emerging objective. The aim of this study is to examine obesity bias in children in the school setting.

Eating behaviors associated with weight gain among university students worldwide and treatment interventions: A systematic review.

Emerging adulthood has been described as a period of risk for body weight gain. Several studies have indicated that the positive or negative health behaviors established during this stage, tend to prevail the rest of life. However, there are discrepancies in published studies on weight change in freshmen and there are disagreements on weight gain predictors.

A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of the Consequences of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Women's Health Behaviors in Spain.

Changes in health habits were observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. An unequal distribution of responsibilities may have generated unequal levels of stress in men and women, and, therefore, this may have led to different impacts on their health habits during lockdown. This study aimed to analyze the changes in eating habits, physical activity, sleep, and body weight in women, compared to men, because of lockdown.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for an Adolescent with Anorexia Nervosa.

Introduction: The treatment of anorexia nervosa remains a matter of much debate. Though cognitive behavioural therapy would seem to offer good results, there is still no resounding evidence pointing to a single treatment of choice. The case presented in this paper examines the treatment with CBT of a patient presenting anorexia nervosa.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

In this Special Issue of , we can find several articles that present the results of various current investigations in the field of eating disorders and obesity in children and adolescents [...

Mediating Factors between Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Eating Disorders Development: A Systematic Review.

Background: Many people with eating disorders often report having suffered some kind of childhood trauma. For this reason, many studies have attempted to explore the mediating factors between traumatic experiences and the development of eating disorders. The aim of our study is to conduct a systematic review of published works on the mediating factors between childhood trauma and the development of eating disorders.

Child Trauma Experiences and Dissociative Symptoms in Women with Eating Disorders: Case-Control Study.

Background: many people with different diagnoses, including eating disorders, have suffered traumatic experiences in childhood.

Method: a case-control study was performed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of child trauma and dissociative symptoms in people with eating disorders and compare the results obtained with a control group.

The Relationship between Weight Status, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Life Satisfaction in a Sample of Spanish Adolescents.

Excess weight has been associated with numerous psychosocial problems and is considered to be one of the most important health problems of today. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between weight status, which is evaluated by means of the body mass index (BMI), and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and life satisfaction (LS) variables in Spanish adolescents, as well as to examine whether gender influences this interrelationship. A total of 1197 subjects studying in their 1st and 4th years of high school (mean age: 14.

[PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SPANISH ADAPTATION OF THE WEIGHT BIAS INTERNALIZATION SCALE (WBIS)].

Introduction: obesity is currently one of the most important international health problems, and the study of the various aspects related to it has become a priority. One such aspect is the analysis of the weight bias internalization, especially its evaluation, for which different instruments hare been designed, though they are not available for Spanish population.

Objectives: the objective of this study is the translation and adaptation of the Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS), analyzing its psychometric characteristics.

[Study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a spanish prison].

Background: Overweight and obesity are a worldwide health problem. There are few researches about the prevalence of these conditions in penitentiaries; that is why this study aims at determining prevalence in a sample of inmates at a Spanish penitentiary.

Methods And Materials: 122 inmates from a Spanish penitentiary volunteered for this research in which 99 were men (81.

[Accuracy of body mass index derived from self-reported height and weight in a spanish sample of children].

Introduction: In the children obesity research field, weighing and measuring involves high research costs, which could be reduced if the self-reported body mass index (BMI) was ascertained to be a valid index.

Objective: To analyze the accuracy of children's selfreported BMI.

Materials And Methods: 171 school students from Madrid participated in the study (Mean age: 10,68 years).

[Development and validation of a body dissatisfaction scale for adolescents].

Background And Objective: In Spain there is a lack of specific instruments for the evaluation of deviance of the body image in adolescents. The aim of this research was to design and to validate a specific instrument for the evaluation of adolescent body dissatisfaction.

Subjects And Method: We carried out 6 studies utilizing 2 samples of 91 and 569 school adolescents aged 12 to 19 years.