P.O. Sjödén

Attitudes to food, eating and dieting behaviour in 11 and 14-year-old Swedish children

Edlund B, Hallqvist G, Sjödén P‐O. Attitudes to food, eating and dieting behaviour in 11 and 14‐year‐old Swedish children. Acta Pædiatr 1994;83:572–7. Stockholm. ISSN 0803–5253

Importance-satisfaction discrepancies are associated with health-related quality of life in five-year survivors of endocrine gastrointestinal tumours

Background: Little is known about the health-related-quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with endocrine gastrointestinal tumours. In this study, HRQoL was investigated in long-term survivors of e ...

Assessment of eating behaviours and attitudes to eating, dieting and body image in pre-adolescent Swedish girls: a one-year follow-up.

A 1‐y follow‐up of fifty 8‐y‐old Swedish girls was performed to assess changes in eating attitudes and dieting behaviour. Individual structured interviews using the Childrens Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) and Body Image silhouettes were used. The question, “Have you ever tried to lose weight?” was employed to discriminate dieters from non‐dieters. Dieting behaviours according to the ChEAT increased over the follow‐up period.

Anthropometry, body composition and body image in dieting and non-dieting 8-16-year-old Swedish girls

Anthropometry, body composition and body image were studied in 122 Swedish 8‐16‐y‐old girls and their parents. The subjects participated in a 3‐y prospective longitudinal study and were selected randomly after stratification for grades from those scoring in the upper vs. the lower thirds of the Childrens Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) score distribution. The ChEAT was completed 6 mo before the present study together with a demographic and dieting questionnaire and a questionnaire for the estimation of body size. In total 43%(n = 52) admitted ever dieting (“Dieters”) and 25%(n = 30) admitted that they were currently trying to lose weight. The anthropometric and body composition data indicated that ChEAT High‐scorers and Dieters were somewhat fatter than Low‐scorers and Non‐dieters, although this pattern was not shown among the 8‐y‐olds or the 14‐y‐olds (High‐scorers). The mothers of the ChEAT High‐scorers were found to be somewhat fatter than the other mothers. A current vs.ideal body shape discrepancy was shown for both High‐scorers and Dieters, with a larger discrepancy for the Dieters. All groups believed that their parents were aspiring for a leaner body. □Anthropometry, body composition, dieting behaviour, schoolgirls

Health-related quality of life in five-year survivors of endocrine gastrointestinal tumours

BACKGROUND Little is known about the health-related-quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with endocrine gastrointestinal tumours. In this study, HRQoL was investigated in long-term survivors of endocrine GI tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS A questionnaire including the EORTC QLQ-C30 and ratings of importance of and satisfaction with a variety of HRQoL aspects was mailed to patients with carcinoid tumours (n = 64), or endocrine pancreatic tumours (EPT, n = 55). Median time since diagnosis was 120 months (range 60-360). The majority of patients (77 of 119) had ongoing treatment. RESULTS The EORTC QLQ-C30 ratings suggest that in spite of a long disease duration and treatment, patients perceived their HRQoL as relatively good. There were no major differences in HRQoL ratings between patients with carcinoid tumours and those with EPT. Patients whose ratings of importance was higher than their ratings of satisfaction with a specific HRQoL aspect also evidenced a low HRQoL for that aspect. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that survivors of endocrine GI tumours enjoy a relatively good HRQoL and suggest that importance > satisfaction discrepancies identify patients with a low quality of life.