Disordered Eating and Muscle-Building Behaviors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
*This study is no longer actively recruiting*
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
We are analyzing national data that has followed adolescents 11-18 years old for over 25 years. We are examining health consequences of eating disorders, disordered eating behaviors, and muscle-enhancing behaviors in adolescents and young adults.
We found that nearly a third of teenage boys report trying to gain weight and bulk up. We have examined risk factors for disordered eating behaviors and muscle-building behaviors in adolescents and young adults.
For more information about this study, please go to: https://nagatalab.ucsf.edu/
Related Publications List:
Nagata JM, Murray SB, Bibbins-Domingo K, Garber AK, Mitchison D, Griffiths S. Predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviors in U.S. young adults: A prospective cohort study. Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Dec.
Fergus KB, Copp HL, Tabler JL, Nagata JM. Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among women: Associations with sexual risk. Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Nov.
Nagata JM, Ganson KT, Griffiths S, Mitchison D, Garber AK, Vittinghoff E, Bibbins-Domingo K, Murray SB. Prevalence and correlates of muscle-enhancing behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2020 Jun 5.
Nagata JM, Ganson KT, Gorrell S, Mitchison D, Murray SB. Association between legal performance-enhancing substances and use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in young adults. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Oct 1.
Chu J, Ganson KT, Vittinghoff E, Mitchison D, Hay P, Tabler J, Rodgers RF, Murray SB, Nagata jm. Weight goals, disordered eating behaviors, and BMI Trajectories in US young adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep.
Nagata JM, Thurston IB, Karazsia BT, Woolridge D, Buckelew SM, Murray SB, Calzo JP. Self-reported eating disorders and sleep disturbances in young adults: a prospective cohort study. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Mar.
Tabler J, Geist C, Schmitz RM, Nagata JM. Does it Get Better? Change in depressive symptoms from late-adolescence to early-adulthood, disordered eating behaviors, and sexual identity. J Gay Lesbian Ment Health. 2019.
Nagata JM, Garber AK, Tabler JL, Murray SB, Bibbins-Domingo K. Prevalence and correlates of disordered eating behaviors among young adults with overweight or obesity. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Aug.
Nagata JM, Garber AK, Tabler J, Murray SB, Vittinghoff E, Bibbins-Domingo K. Disordered eating behaviors and cardiometabolic risk among young adults with overweight or obesity. Int J Eat Disord. 2018 Aug.