Adaptation and validation of the Brief Questionnaire for Measuring Disordered Eating Behaviors in Mexican children.

Introduction: disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and eating disorders (Eds) mainly occur in adolescence, but they currently already occur at an early age between the ages of five and twelve. Although there are instruments for EDs, it is necessary to have a self-applicable instrument for evaluating DEBs in children. Objective: to determine the reliability and exploratory and confirmatory factorial validity of the Brief Questionnaire for Measuring Disordered Eating Behaviors (BQDEB) in children ages eight to twelve years.

When clean eating isn't as faultless: the dangerous obsession with healthy eating and the relationship between Orthorexia nervosa and eating disorders in Mexican University students.

Background: Orthorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that has been scarcely studied in characteristics, causes and symptoms, as well as in consequences and the relationship with other eating disorders. The present study had as its main objective the analysis of said relationship and inquisition of the possibility of predicting the development of an eating disorder from the presence of orthorexia nervosa. Also, it analyzed the differences by sex in Mexican university students.