This Month in Archives of pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Abstract
Do Family Meals Protect Adolescents From Disordered Eating Behaviors? Disordered eating behaviors, such as unhealthy weight control practices and binge eating, are a concern for adolescent health, given their high prevalence and harmful consequences. In this 5-year longitudinal study of more than 2500 adolescents, Neumark-Sztainer and colleagues found that extreme weight control behaviors, such as using diet pills or laxatives or vomiting, were 3-fold more common among females than males....