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- Food insecurity limits intuitive eating in the short and long term
Intuitive eating, which focuses on responding to one's hunger and fullness cues, is less prevalent in food-insecure households
- Household food insecurity during adolescence is a risk factor for future disordered eating and high weight status in young adulthood
PhD candidate and researcher Laura Hooper found that 21% of people who experienced food insecurity during adolescence started binge eating in young adulthood.
- Severe food insecurity linked with disordered eating behaviors in young people, including binge eating five years later
New research by postdoctoral fellow Vivienne Hazzard shows food insecurity has a lasting harmful effect on the people who experience it.
- Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating are prevalent among U.S. young people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds
Researcher Nicole Larson says the findings reveal a need to increase the reach and relevance of efforts to prevent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating to ensure they benefit young people across groups.
- Research Brief: Weight teasing is a risk factor for disordered eating in young people across demographic groups
A study led by PhD student Laura Hooper provides evidence against persistent assumptions that weight teasing and disordered eating primarily affect affluent, white young people.
Related Resources
Teenagers’ Perceptions of their Weight Status is Associated with Disordered Eating Lasting Years
Dr. Samantha Hahn, a Project EAT researcher, finds that informing teenagers of their weight category is associated with the development of disordered eating habits, such as skipping meals, abusing laxatives, binge eating, and self-induced vomiting. These habits often persist well beyond the school years and into adulthood.
Hazzard, V. “Link Between Food Insecurity and Binge Eating.” Minnesota Family Physician. Winter 2022; pg. 8-9.
Mutanda, A, host. “How can I give my child a healthy relationship with food?” Bringing up Britain. Fall 2022.
