OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in body size estimation in adolescents with different types of eating disorders. METHOD: A total of 129 patients with eating disorders (M(age) = 16.0 +/- 1.8) and 354 healthy control participants (CP) (M(age) = 15.2 +/- 2.1) completed the EDI-2 and were asked to estimate the circumference of selected body parts by using string (BID-CA). RESULTS: CP showed an average overestimation of 8-16%, depending on the estimated body part. Eating disorder patients overestimated their body parts on average by about 30%. Thigh and waist estimations were the best variables for discriminating between patients with eating disorders and CP. No significant differences were found between bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa patients. CONCLUSIONS: Body image distortion plays an important role in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The BID-CA is well suited to discriminate between healthy and disordered overestimation of body parts.
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in body size estimation in adolescents with different types of eating disorders. METHOD: A total of 129 patients with eating disorders (M(age) = 16.0 +/- 1.8) and 354 healthy control participants (CP) (M(age) = 15.2 +/- 2.1) completed the EDI-2 and were asked to estimate the circumference of selected body parts by using string (BID-CA). RESULTS: CP showed an average overestimation of 8-16%, depending on the estimated body part. Eating disorderpatients overestimated their body parts on average by about 30%. Thigh and waist estimations were the best variables for discriminating between patients with eating disorders and CP. No significant differences were found between bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosapatients. CONCLUSIONS: Body image distortion plays an important role in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The BID-CA is well suited to discriminate between healthy and disordered overestimation of body parts.
Authors: Anna N Vossbeck-Elsebusch; Manuel Waldorf; Tanja Legenbauer; Anika Bauer; Martin Cordes; Silja Vocks Journal: Eat Weight Disord Date: 2014-08-20 Impact factor: 4.652
Authors: Dewi Guardia; Léa Conversy; Renaud Jardri; Gilles Lafargue; Pierre Thomas; Vincent Dodin; Olivier Cottencin; Marion Luyat Journal: PLoS One Date: 2012-08-22 Impact factor: 3.240