Background: There is a substantial number of publications on eating disorders (ED) in the foreign literature; nevertheless, in our country there is just a small amount of published research in specialized reviews. Objective: To summarized our main findings in ED females patients published in national literature. Method: An exhausted review was made of published articles along 15 years by the author and coworkers in specialized national reviews on epidemiological, psychosocial and clinical aspects of ED. Results: Risk groups (students, overweight adolescents, pregnant women, gym users) (n= 2.171) fluctuated between 15% and 41%. The prevailing profile of ED was characterized by higher drive for thinness, perfectionism and body dissatisfaction and lower interoceptive awareness (p < 0.001). The prevalence of social anxiety was 40.7% (p < 0.001), particularly among anorexics (66.6%) (p < 0.001); of severe depression was 18.5 % (p < 0.001), especially in anorexics (66.6%) (p < 0.001); of moderate and/or severe obsessive-compulsive disorder was 26% (p < 0.001), higher in anorectics (33.3%) (p = 0,009). Identification with female gender role stereotype was significant in ED (42.9%), mainly in restrictive anorexia, considered as a risk factor for developing ED. The more restrictive and bulimic behaviors, the less assertive were the ED patients (7.5 points) mainly in submissive and dependant behaviors (-0.6 points) (p < 0.001). Lack of assertiveness showed a significant predictive capacity (53.2%) for developing an ED. Conclusions: Our findings confirmed the evidence of the international literature satisfying the research guidelines for ED according to the American Psychiatric Association.
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