Vegetarian Diets and Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults : A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Eating disorders are more common among adolescents and young adults. An increase in the rates of these disorders has been reported during the last years. Meanwhile, vegetarianism is becoming more popular in these age groups. The purpose of the present paper is to evaluate the association between eating disorders and vegetarian diets in adolescents and young adults.

METHODS: Systematic review of related articles published in PubMed, PsycInfo and Google Scholar up to 30 May 2019.

RESULTS: A total of 20 studies (14,391 subjects) were deemed eligible for this systematic review. The majority of the studies reported significant correlations between vegetarianism and eating disorders. However, due to the cross-sectional design, a causal link between eating disorders and vegetarian status cannot be established.

CONCLUSIONS: Vegetarianism seems to be associated with eating disorders. Longitudinal studies are needed to establish temporal patterns between vegetarianism and the emergence of disordered eating.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Children (Basel, Switzerland) - 8(2020), 1 vom: 28. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sergentanis, Theodoros N [VerfasserIn]
Chelmi, Maria-Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Liampas, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Yfanti, Chrysanthi-Maria [VerfasserIn]
Panagouli, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Vlachopapadopoulou, Elpis [VerfasserIn]
Michalacos, Stefanos [VerfasserIn]
Bacopoulou, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Psaltopoulou, Theodora [VerfasserIn]
Tsitsika, Artemis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescents
Eating disorders
Journal Article
Mental health
Review
Vegetarian diets
Vegetarianism
Young adults

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 18.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/children8010012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31943303X