Facets of Dietary Restraint Associated With Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents With Higher Weight
Authors' conclusion
Trying to follow definite dietary rules may be associated with disordered eating behaviors in youth with higher weight. Prospective research is needed to examine causality among youth undergoing weight management interventions, which could inform screening and monitoring of restraint prior to and during weight management.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents with higher weight (BMI ≥ 85th percentile); mean age 10.8 ± 2.08
- Participants
- 529 children
- Outcome
- Partial correlations between self-reported dietary restraint facets and disordered eating behaviors
- Follow-up
- Past 3 months
Methodological detailsnetwork analysis
- Network analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Associations between restraint facets and disordered eating behaviors
- Restraint item most strongly associated with disordered eating behaviors was "dietary rules", associated with "driven exercise" and "subjective binge eating"
- Disordered eating behavior most strongly connected to restraint was "subjective binge eating", positively associated with "dietary rules", "desire for an empty stomach" and "food avoidance"
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Facets of Dietary Restraint Associated With Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents With Higher Weight. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 18 November 2025. doi:10.
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