Assessment of eating behaviour in young women requ

Authors: V Boschi E Muscariello I Maresca F Ricciardi Lo Schiavo V Tranchese O Bellini A Colantuoni

Publish Date: 2013/07/31

Volume: 15, Issue: 1-2, Pages: e60-e67

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the influence of maternal eating behaviour on a clinical population of young women compared with a nonclinical one METHODS A group of 59 young women age 1630 yr attending a weightloss Clinic and their mothers n=59 age 37–64 yr were enrolled They were compared with a group of female students n=59 age 18–36 yr and their mothers n=59 age 41–67 yr Body weight and height were measured and body mass index BMI calculated Eating behaviour was assessed by using the Eating Disorders Inventory EDI Eating Inventory EI and Eating Attitude Test 26 EAT26 RESULTS The EDI2 scales significantly different between the groups were drive for thinness bulimia body dissatisfaction inadequacy enteroceptive awareness and insecurity The EI scales values were all different between the groups and consistently higher in the clinical populations The differences between groups were even more striking for the EAT26 scales the clinical young women had the highest scores The daughtermother correlation for each scale in the clinical and nonclinical groups showed that the EDI2 scales assessing eating behaviour drive for thinness bulimia and body dissatisfaction were significantly related in the non clinical group but not in the clinical group On the other side the clinical group showed correlation for the scales assessing psychopathological traits such as perfectionism interpersonal disrupt enteroceptive awareness impulsivity and insecurity For EI scales the correlation was significant for disinhibition in the non clinical group A correspondence was observed for dieting in the non clinical group and for food preoccupation in the clinical group EDI2 EI and EAT26 scales assessing eating behaviour were strongly predictive of BMI in both groups CONCLUSIONS Maternal eating behaviour influences the young women in particular mothersdaughters of the clinical group showed some problems for which they still had to grow up and stand out Finally the control population revealed some eating disorders as well

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