Brief report: Young people at risk for eating disorders in Southeast Brazil

TY - JOUR

T1 - Brief report: Young people at risk for eating disorders in Southeast Brazil

AU - Moya, T

AU - Fleitlich-Bilyk, B

AU - Goodman, R

PY - 2006/4

Y1 - 2006/4

N2 - A representative sample of 7-14-year-old young people in southeast Brazil (N = 1251) was assessed using standardized parent and Youth interviews, thereby identifying an 'at-risk' group of young people who met one or more DSM-IV criteria for anorexia and/or bulimia nervosa. These young people were compared with an age and gender matched comparison group for body mass index (BMI) and socio-economic status (SES). The prevalence of young people at risk for eating disorders was 1.4% (higher in females and rising with age). 'At-risk' individuals did not differ from controls in BMI but were of higher SES. In Brazil, the link between symptoms of eating disorders and higher SES is not just a referral artefact but is evident in a representative community sample. This might reflect a stronger preference for thinness among more westernized social groups. (c) 2005 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

AB - A representative sample of 7-14-year-old young people in southeast Brazil (N = 1251) was assessed using standardized parent and Youth interviews, thereby identifying an 'at-risk' group of young people who met one or more DSM-IV criteria for anorexia and/or bulimia nervosa. These young people were compared with an age and gender matched comparison group for body mass index (BMI) and socio-economic status (SES). The prevalence of young people at risk for eating disorders was 1.4% (higher in females and rising with age). 'At-risk' individuals did not differ from controls in BMI but were of higher SES. In Brazil, the link between symptoms of eating disorders and higher SES is not just a referral artefact but is evident in a representative community sample. This might reflect a stronger preference for thinness among more westernized social groups. (c) 2005 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.05.006

DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.05.006

M3 - Article

VL - 29

SP - 313

EP - 317

JO - Journal of Adolescence

JF - Journal of Adolescence

IS - 2

ER -