Attachment Style and Obesity: Disordered Eating Behaviors as a Mediator in a Community Sample of Canadian Youth

201625 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Danijela Maras · University of Ottawa

Nicole Obeid · Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Martine F. Flament · Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

Annick Buchholz · Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Katherine A. Henderson · Carleton University

Mary L. Gick · Carleton University

Gary S. Goldfield

Abstract

Results suggest that it may be important to take attachment history and restrained eating into account when designing treatment and prevention strategies for obesity in youth.

Topics & Keywords

Eating Disorders and Behaviors Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Behavioral Health and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

Volume 37, Issue 9, pp. 762-770

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000361

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