Problem eating attitudes and behaviors in young children

Article Abstract:

The Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) has been validated as a means of investigating problem eating in young girls. The ChEAT has also been used with young boys. Recent research has focused on examining the factor structure of the ChEAT in girls and boys and on identifying predictors of eating problems for girls and boys separately. Four factors were found to summarize the underlying structure of the ChEAT in both boys and girls, but the nature of the factors differed. The factors for girls were Restricting and Purging, Dieting, Social Pressure to Eat and Food Preoccupation, while the factors for boys were Dieting versus Purging, Global Problems, Emotional Eating and Dieting and Food Preoccupation.

Causes of, Eating disorders in children, Childhood eating disorders

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Validity of the Arabic version of the eating attitude test

Article Abstract:

An Arabic version of the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) is examined to determine its reliability as an eating disorder screening method in nonclinical populations. The EAT-26 is applied on a random sample of female grade school students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Results show the specificity and sensitivity of the Arabic version. EAT-26 offers several advantages as a test instrument in non-Western populations.

Analysis, Testing, Psychological tests

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Seasonality of eating pathology on the eating attitudes test in a nonclinical population

Article Abstract:

The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) was completed by 322 subjects in winter and during the summer, to determine if there are seasonal fluctuations in eating pathology. There were not clinically significant seasonal fluctuations in eating pathology on the EAT.

Environmental aspects

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