ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate diet underreporting of women treated for schizophrenia undergoing dietary treatment and to compare it with nonpsychiatric women. METHODS: The study included 23 women (13 with schizophrenia) who had actively sought treatment for weight loss. All subjects were smokers with low activity level. A 24-hour diet recall using standardized food models was used to collect energy intake (EI) reporting . In order to identify participants who reported low EI, we used the Goldberg cut-off methodology. RESULTS: The percentage of underreporters was higher in patients with schizophrenia [77%, 95% confidence interval (46-95%)] than in controls [50%, 95% confidence interval (19-81%)]. CONCLUSIONS: Diet underreporting is a frequent phenomenon in women with schizophrenia requiring dietary intervention.
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Energy Intake , Feeding Behavior , Obesity/diet therapy , Schizophrenia/diet therapy , Schizophrenic Psychology , Self Disclosure , Adult , Body Mass Index , Comorbidity , Diet Records , Diet, Reducing/psychology , Exercise/psychology , Female , Humans , Obesity/diagnosis , Obesity/psychology , Reference Values , Schizophrenia/diagnosisABSTRACT
Cognitive attitudes and beliefs towards food and body shape are repeatedly reported as a maintaining factor of obesity. In order to assess evolution of those cognitions following a dietary treatment 18 overweight and obese females undergoing a dietary treatment were assessed using the Mizes Anorectic Cognitions questionnaire (revised form) before and after a 3-month moderate calorie restricted diet. Binge eating status was also assessed in pre-treatment. The main finding of the present study is persistence of anorectic cognitions following a moderate calorie restricted diet treatment, and furthermore a more pejorative evolution of those cognitions in patients with binge symptomatology.
