Eating disorders are the third most common chronic illness among adolescents, after obesity
and asthma 1; the peak age of onset occurs between 14 and 19 years. In this article, 5 …

Abstract The Italian Consensus Position Statement on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
of Obesity in Children and Adolescents integrates and updates the previous guidelines to …

The intersection between adolescent obesity and eating disorder risk is one that requires
urgent attention. This review aimed to synthesize the literature on the risk of clinical eating …

Although an increasing number of children and adolescents are becoming obese, the
psychological morbidities associated with obesity are not well established. Existing reviews …

Objective Due to the inconsistency of the research findings in the current literature, the
prevalence of binge and loss of control (LOC) eating among children and adolescents with …

Objective To investigate the association between overeating (without loss of control) and
binge eating (overeating with loss of control) and adverse outcomes. Design Prospective …

Obesity is a serious and prevalent condition, with grave risks for morbidity and mortality.
While the physical consequences of obesity have been well studied, the psychological …

The current study investigated loss of control (LC) over eating and the role of anxiety,
depression and emotional eating in a sample of both treatment seeking (N= 115) and non …

The objective is to estimate the prevalence of binge-eating disorder (BED) and subclinical
BED in children and adolescents. Relevant articles were searched in the databases of …

Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors appear to be quite common in youth, and
overweight youth have been identified as a subset of the population at particularly high risk …