Binge Eating Disorder Among Adolescents in Selected Private Schools of Pokhara Valley: A Cross-sectional Study

Binge eating disorder is the highest prevailing set up of eating disorder which is common among adolescents. among youths, Binge eating disorder (BED) signifies one of the extremely troublesome clinical conditions. They carry an increased risk of health and are correlated with salient physical health and psychosocial morbidity. The top age of onset of the eating disorder is 15-25 years. The prevalence of eating disorder behaviours is high in high-income countries, especially in combination with obesity. Now a day’s teens are too apprehensive about the physical maintenance of the body especially the age between 13-21 years. Due to the inadequate knowledge, adolescent girls go for over restriction of food or starvation, misapply of laxatives, and over-exercising that may result in other somatoform disorders like malnutrition, anemia, etc. The study was conducted to assess binge eating disorders among adolescents. The Researcher adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design in the study. A Self -structured behavioral checklist of DSM-IV and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria was used to assess binge eating disorder among adolescents. A Simple random sampling technique was used to select 136 adolescents from school. Findings revealed that 14.7% had No BED (Binge eating disorder), 71.3% had Mild BED, 11.0% had Moderate BED and, 2.9% had Severe BED. The study found a significant relationship between binge eating disorder and demographic variables. The Study concludes that adolescents are specified by a high risk for the onset of BED. Additional studies are required to explore the complicated and multidisciplinary case of binge eating disorder and its related health effects including obesity.
Source: UIJRT International Journal

References:

  1. Striegel-Moore RH, Franko DL. Should binge eating disorder be included in the DSM-V. A critical review of the state of the evidence. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2008;4:305–324.
  2. Eddy KT, Crosby RD, Keel PK, et al. Empirical identification and validation of eating disorder phenotypes in a multisite clinical sample. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009;197(1):41–49.
  3. Grilo CM, Ivezaj V, White MA. Evaluation of the DSM-5 severity indicator for binge eating disorder in a clinical sample. Behav Res Ther. 2015;71:110–114.
  4. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2013.
  5. Hilbert A, Pike KM, Wilfley DE, Fairburn CG, Dohm FA, Striegel-Moore RH. Clarifying boundaries of binge eating disorder and psychiatric comorbidity: a latent structure analysis. Behav Res Ther. 2011;49(3):202–211.
  6. Lee-Winn AE, Reinblatt SP, Mojtabai R, Mendelson T. Gender and racial/ethnic differences in binge eating symptoms in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States. Eat Behav. 2016;22:27–33.
  7. Nicholls D, Barrett E. Eating disorders in children and adolescents. BJ Psych Adv. 2015;21(3):206–216.
  8. Paciello M, Fida R, Tramontano C, Cole E, Cerniglia L. Moral dilemma in adolescence: the role of values, prosocial moral reasoning and moral disengagement in helping decision making. Eur J Dev Psychol. 2013;10(2):190–205.
  9. Anderson, NK, Nicolay OF. Eating disorders in children and adolescents. Semin Orthod. 2016;22(3):234–237.
  10. Subedi S, Shah SK, Thapa M, Maharjan PL, Shrestha PD. knowledge and prevalence of eating disorder among nursing students of lalitpur, nepal. International Journal of Research -Granthaalayah,2018, 6(4),179-187.
  11. Katari Kantha UR, Parameswaran A, Indira A. The knowledge regarding eating disorders among adolescent girls International Journal of Applied Research. 2016; 2 (5): 864 866.
  12. Napolitano F, Bencivenga F, Pompili E, Angelillo IF. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors toward Eating Disorders among Adolescents in Italy. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019 Jan;16(8):1448.
  13. Bimla Kapoor. Textbook of Psychiatric nursing: New Delhi: Kumar publishing house; 2004, 187.
  14. Saleh, R.N.; Salameh, R.A.; Yhya, H.H.; Sweileh, W.M. Disordered eating attitudes in female students of An-Najah National University: A cross-sectional study. J. Eat. Disord. 2018, 6, 16.
  15. Goldschmidt, A.B.; Aspen, V.P.; Sinton, M.M.; Tanofsky-Kraff, M.; Wilfley, D.E. Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in overweight youth. Obesity 2008, 16, 257–264.
  16. Striegel-Moore RH, Franko DL. Should binge eating disorder be included in the DSM-V. A critical review of the state of the evidence. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2008;4:305–324.
  17. Eddy KT, Crosby RD, Keel PK, et al. Empirical identification and validation of eating disorder phenotypes in a multisite clinical sample. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009;197(1):41–49.
  18. Grilo CM, Ivezaj V, White MA. Evaluation of the DSM-5 severity indicator for binge eating disorder in a clinical sample. Behav Res Ther. 2015;71:110–114.
  19. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2013.
  20. Hilbert A, Pike KM, Wilfley DE, Fairburn CG, Dohm FA, Striegel-Moore RH. Clarifying boundaries of binge eating disorder and psychiatric comorbidity: a latent structure analysis. Behav Res Ther. 2011;49(3):202–211.
  21. Lee-Winn AE, Reinblatt SP, Mojtabai R, Mendelson T. Gender and racial/ethnic differences in binge eating symptoms in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States. Eat Behav. 2016;22:27–33.
  22. Nicholls D, Barrett E. Eating disorders in children and adolescents. BJ Psych Adv. 2015;21(3):206–216.
  23. Paciello M, Fida R, Tramontano C, Cole E, Cerniglia L. Moral dilemma in adolescence: the role of values, prosocial moral reasoning and moral disengagement in helping decision making. Eur J Dev Psychol. 2013;10(2):190–205.
  24. Anderson, NK, Nicolay OF. Eating disorders in children and adolescents. Semin Orthod. 2016;22(3):234–237.
  25. Subedi S, Shah SK, Thapa M, Maharjan PL, Shrestha PD. knowledge and prevalence of eating disorder among nursing students of lalitpur, nepal. International Journal of Research -Granthaalayah,2018, 6(4),179-187.
  26. Katari Kantha UR, Parameswaran A, Indira A. The knowledge regarding eating disorders among adolescent girls International Journal of Applied Research. 2016; 2 (5): 864 866.
  27. Napolitano F, Bencivenga F, Pompili E, Angelillo IF. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors toward Eating Disorders among Adolescents in Italy. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019 Jan;16(8):1448.
  28. Bimla Kapoor. Textbook of Psychiatric nursing: New Delhi: Kumar publishing house; 2004, 187.
  29. Saleh, R.N.; Salameh, R.A.; Yhya, H.H.; Sweileh, W.M. Disordered eating attitudes in female students of An-Najah National University: A cross-sectional study. J. Eat. Disord. 2018, 6, 16.
  30. Goldschmidt, A.B.; Aspen, V.P.; Sinton, M.M.; Tanofsky-Kraff, M.; Wilfley, D.E. Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in overweight youth. Obesity 2008, 16, 257–264.