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- The study examined how disordered eating symptoms (body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and bulimia) in teenage years (ages 12-19) predict similar issues in adulthood (age 40) among 883 white and Black women.
- Results showed that body dissatisfaction and the drive for thinness consistently predicted adult symptoms for both racial groups, while bulimia was mainly predicted by symptoms in white women.
- Although race did not significantly moderate the relationship, the findings indicate that disordered eating behaviors established in adolescence can persist into midlife for both Black and white women.
Article Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to test the longitudinal association between disordered eating symptoms (body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness and bulimia) in adolescence (ages 12, 14, 16, 18, 19) and adulthood (age 40) in a sample of 883 white and Black women. We also investigated moderation by race. Adolescent symptoms at each time point significantly predicted adulthood symptoms for the body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness subscales, for both Black and white women. Bulimia symptoms in adolescence predicted symptoms in adulthood; however, the effect was largely driven by white women. Although moderation was non-significant, among white women, bulimia symptoms at all adolescent time points predicted adulthood bulimia, but among Black women, only symptoms at ages 18 and 19 were predictive of adulthood bulimia. Results suggest that both Black and white women are susceptible to disordered eating and that symptoms emerging in adolescence can potentially follow women into midlife.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488908 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21677026221144253 | DOI Listing |
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