In addition to its immediate negative consequences, childhood sexual abuse is associated
with lifelong deleterious mental and physical health outcomes. This review employs a …

The causes of the current obesity epidemic are multifactorial and include genetic,
environmental, and individual factors. One potential risk factor may be the experience of …

OBJECTIVE. Efforts are under way to articulate environmental, psychosocial, and biological
conditions that may predispose the development and maintenance of obesity. There is …

The role of stress, trauma, and adversity particularly early in life has been identified as a
contributing factor in both drug and food addictions. While links between traumatic stress …

Childhood maltreatment (abuse and neglect) is associated with a range of negative
outcomes, but a gap remains in understanding of how specific maltreatment types …

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American
Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) describes a traumatic event as" exposure to actual or …

This study examined gender differences in the association between childhood maltreatment
and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adulthood. Data were derived from 1647 …

Since the mid-1990s, a number of investigators have examined whether child sexual abuse
might play a role as a risk factor for eating disorders. Indeed, sufficient attention had been …

Background Childhood abuse has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for eating
disorder symptoms. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that childhood abuse may lead to …

What is already known about this subject Severe obesity prevalence in adults has close to
doubled from the 1990s to 2010 and is expected to double again by 2030. Over 3 million …