Publications by authors named "Y Latzer"
Objective: The Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) is considered the screening instrument of choice to identify eating disorders (ED) symptoms in clinical and community populations, showing a classical three-factor structure. This study assessed whether the factor structure of the EAT-26 in patients with ED was stable at admission and discharge from inpatient treatment.
Methods: We administered the EAT-26 to 207 female adolescents with ED at both admission and discharge.
Objective: Difficulty updating information in working memory has been proposed to underlie ruminative thinking in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, evidence regarding updating difficulties in AN remains inconclusive, particularly among adolescents. It has been proposed that exposure to negative emotion and disorder-salient stimuli may uniquely influence updating in AN.
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- - The study explored how negative emotions affect the ability to shift focus in adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) during a food categorization task, distinguishing it from healthy adolescents.
- - Results showed that adolescents with AN were more efficient at switching to a food-related task when experiencing negative emotions, while healthy adolescents did not show this influence.
- - The findings suggest that situational factors, like emotional state, significantly impact cognitive functions related to food preoccupation in individuals with AN.
Background: Weight-related stigma and discrimination are prevalent in our society with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes to people with obesity and morbid obesity. Studies suggest that weight bias in healthcare settings are quite prevalent, but there have been, as far as we know, lack of studies examining prevalence and correlates of weight bias experiences among bariatric surgery candidates in Israel. We aim to understand the nature and prevalence of weight stigma among bariatric surgery candidates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preoperative binge eating behavior has been associated with difficulties in weight loss maintenance among patients pursuing bariatric surgery. However, limited data exists on the relationship between interpersonal difficulties and binge eating.
Objectives: To identify interpersonal factors linked with binge eating among bariatric surgery candidates.