An exploratory study on the intergenerational transmission of dieting proneness within an eating disorder population.

CONCLUSION: These findings of increased eating pathology associated with direct parental feedback in a clinical population of ED participants even when controlling for parental ED history suggests greater attention is needed within the ED literature on social and environmental factors and their potential associations with eating pathology.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, descriptive study.
PMID: 31302881 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - July 12, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Claydon EA, Lilly CL, Zerwas SC, Zullig KJ, Davidov DM, Cottrell L Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research