The influence of school on whether girls develop eating disorders | Zendy

Helen Bould | Zendy; Bianca De Stavola | Zendy; Cecilia Magnusson | Zendy; Nadia Micali | Zendy; Henrik Dal | Zendy; Jonathan Evans | Zendy; Christina Dalman | Zendy; Glyn Lewis | Zendy

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The influence of school on whether girls develop eating disorders

Author(s) -

Helen Bould,

Bianca De Stavola,

Cecilia Magnusson,

Nadia Micali,

Henrik Dal,

Jonathan Evans,

Christina Dalman,

Glyn Lewis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw037

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , attendance , girl , odds ratio , pediatrics , psychology , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth

Clinical anecdote suggests that rates of eating disorders (ED) vary between schools. Given their high prevalence and mortality, understanding risk factors is important. We hypothesised that rates of ED would vary between schools, and that school proportion of female students and proportion of parents with post-high school education would be associated with ED, after accounting for individual characteristics.

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