Journal article
Twenty-year associations between disordered eating behaviors and sociodemographic features in a multiple cross-sectional sample
DD Santana, D Mitchison, H Mannan, S Griffiths, JC Appolinario, GV Da Veiga, S Touyz, P Hay
Psychological Medicine | Published : 2023
Abstract
Background Disordered eating behaviors (DEB) impact on health and wellbeing worldwide. This study aimed to examine sociodemographic trends in the prevalence of DEB over 20 years in the Australian general population. Methods Data were derived from five sequential cross-sectional surveys (1998, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017) with population-representative samples of adults and adolescents residing in South Australia (N = 15 075). DEBs investigated were objective binge eating (OBE), strict dieting/fasting, and purging. Sociodemographic data included gender, age, educational level, work and marital status, and residence. Results OBE prevalence increased significantly. Strict dieting/fasting also inc..
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Awarded by New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding for the ED questions in the surveys was received from internal James Cook and Western Sydney University grants to Professor Phillipa Hay; Dr Mitchison is funded by an National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship (grant number: GNT1158276); Dr Santana is funded by the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior -Brasil (CAPES); University of Sydney internal research funds of Professor Stephen Touyz; and Dr Scott Griffiths is funded by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and an NHMRC Emerging Leader 2 Fellowship (grant numbers: 1121538 and 193738). The 2017 survey was funded by an investigator-initiated Research grant IIR-AUS-001151, from Shire International GmbH Switzerland, now part of Takeda to Professor Touyz, University of Sydney; and unrestricted funds held by Professor Hay at Western Sydney University, School of Medicine.