Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2024.2391208
Chloe White, Nelson Pang, Jason M Nagata, Shannon Zaitsoff, Kyle T Ganson
{"title":"Losing, gaining, or staying the same: how do different weight change attempts relate to muscle dysmorphia and eating disorder symptoms across genders?","authors":"Chloe White, Nelson Pang, Jason M Nagata, Shannon Zaitsoff, Kyle T Ganson","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2391208","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2391208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescents and young adults are at heightened risk for eating disorder (ED) and muscle dysmorphia (MD) symptoms; yet, these symptoms and their relationships to harmful behaviors may also vary by gender. Thus, this study examined: 1) the prevalence of attempts to lose, gain, or maintain the same weight across gender identities, 2) purposes of weight change attempts, and 3) relationships between weight change attempts and ED and MD symptoms across cisgender men, women, and transgender and gender expansive (TGE) youth. 940 adolescents and young adults (57.4% cisgender women, 33.8% cisgender men, 8.8% TGE) completed questionnaires about weight change attempts, ED and MD symptoms. Women and TGE individuals attempted to lose weight more often than men, while men attempted to gain weight more often. All genders endorsed weight loss and gain attempts for different purposes. Weight loss attempts related to ED symptoms and appearance intolerance, whereas weight gain attempts related to MD symptoms across genders. In women, all weight change attempts related to greater functional impairment due to exercise. Findings highlight the need for tailored interventions to address desires to change one's body and underscore the harmful effects of weight change attempts across genders.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"537-553"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disordered eating instruments in the pregnancy cohort: a systematic review update.","authors":"Juliette Stephens, Aleshia Ellis, Susan Roberts, Kerri Gillespie, Amy Bannatyne, Grace Branjerdporn","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2386469","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2386469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pregnancy represents a crucial timepoint to screen for disordered eating due to the significant adverse impact on the woman and her infant. There has been an increased interest in disordered eating in pregnancy since the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the mental health of pregnant women compared to the general population. This systematic review is an update to a previous review aiming to explore current psychometric evidence for any new pregnancy-specific instruments and other measures of disordered eating developed for non-pregnant populations. Systematic searches were conducted in PubMed, ProQuest, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Embase from April 2019 to February 2024. A total of 20 citations met criteria for inclusion, with most studies of reasonable quality. Fourteen psychometric instruments were identified, including two new pregnancy-specific screening instruments. Overall, preliminary psychometric evidence for the PEBS, DEAPS, and EDE-PV was promising. There is an ongoing need for validation in different samples, study designs, settings, and administration methods are required. Similar to the original review on this topic, we did not find evidence to support a gold standard recommendation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"512-536"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2520970
Susan H Beery, Ellen R Davis, Tina R Norton, Krysta Corliss
{"title":"Implementation of an adapted family-based eating disorder protocol enhanced with dietician support in a community private practice: evidence of full remission.","authors":"Susan H Beery, Ellen R Davis, Tina R Norton, Krysta Corliss","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2520970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2520970","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Treatment of adolescent eating disorders (EDs) has been hampered by the challenge of transporting Family-Based Treatment (FBT) to community clinicians. This case series study examined the effectiveness of an enhanced FBT protocol implemented by a private practitioner. Twenty-five patients with a DSM-5 ED diagnosis received a week of intensive, FBT-derived treatment followed by an outpatient protocol that enhanced traditional FBT by including consultation with a dietician and planned feared food exposures (<i>M</i> = 19.70 sessions). Percent expected body weight (%EBW), depression, and ED questionnaires (e.g. EDI-3) were obtained at the beginning of treatment and at 6 months. All 20 treatment completers achieved weight restoration. Substantial improvements (ES 0.96-2.11) were seen in %EBW, ED scores, and depression. Seventy-nine percent attained physical and psychological remission, 10% were \"partially recovered,\" and 10% continued clinically elevated ED symptoms. An empirically informed, enhanced FBT protocol implemented by a private clinician produced weight restoration and ED symptom improvement within 6 months.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144545714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-04DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2024.2379635
Laura Kiely, Janet Conti, Phillipa Hay
{"title":"Severe and enduring anorexia nervosa and the proposed \"Terminal anorexia\" category: an expanded meta synthesis.","authors":"Laura Kiely, Janet Conti, Phillipa Hay","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2379635","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10640266.2024.2379635","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This updated meta-synthesis explores further dimensions of the lived experience of severe and enduring anorexia nervosa (SE-AN) since recent contention regarding proposed \"terminal anorexia nervosa (T-AN)\". The paper aims to update the original synthesis and to situate participant responses to the category of \"T-AN\". Thus, extending the proposed conceptualization of the SE-AN experience. A systematic search identified published scholarship (between August 2022 and July 2023), derived from five bibliographic databases. A comprehensive methodology combining Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and a meta-ethnographic framework enabled the synthesis of meta-themes across 9 new studies. These meta-themes were mapped onto the primary synthesis to further develop upon the earlier LE conceptualization of SE-AN. Nine extracted papers expanded the voices to 447 people within 45 studies. All papers affirmed and enriched the previous themes, and a novel theme was generated from the recent papers. The new theme, \"walking on a knife's edge, caught between worlds\", informed an expanded conceptualization of SE-AN, termed the Web of Hope. Thus, demonstrating how participants held onto hope in the face of the SE-AN experience. Death, dying and \"terminality\", were notably absent in the 36 papers in the previous meta-synthesis. Since the proposal of the category of \"terminal anorexia\" in 2022, studies on the lived experience of SE-AN increasingly focused on how people hold onto hope alongside SE-AN. The findings further drive the field to reflect on therapeutic interventions, labelling and diagnosis, in the face of unknowns, on the premise of \"first, do no harm\".</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"460-491"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2519903
Ilaria Colpizzi, Claudio Sica, Igor Marchetti, Lisa Guidi, Sara Danti, Silvia Lucchesi, Elisa Giusti, Martina Di Meglio, Donatella Ballardini, Chiara Mazzoni, Romana Schumann, Caterina Pieraccioli, Francesco Ceccarini, Corrado Caudek
{"title":"Food-specific decision-making in anorexia nervosa: a comparative study of clinical, at-risk, and healthy control groups.","authors":"Ilaria Colpizzi, Claudio Sica, Igor Marchetti, Lisa Guidi, Sara Danti, Silvia Lucchesi, Elisa Giusti, Martina Di Meglio, Donatella Ballardini, Chiara Mazzoni, Romana Schumann, Caterina Pieraccioli, Francesco Ceccarini, Corrado Caudek","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2519903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2519903","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study compared individuals with Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa (R-AN; <i>n</i> = 40), Healthy Controls (HCs; <i>n</i> = 45), and individuals at risk for eating disorders (RI; <i>n</i> = 38) using a Reinforcement Learning (RL) paradigm. Participants completed a Probabilistic Reversal Learning (PRL) task involving food-related and neutral contexts. The study examined whether RL impairments in R-AN are context-specific and whether they reflect maintaining factors or preclinical markers. R-AN participants showed reduced learning rates in food-related contexts compared to HC and RI but performed similarly in neutral contexts. Only R-AN individuals showed within-group differences between food and neutral tasks, indicating a disorder-specific impairment. The RI group performed comparably to HCs, suggesting that RL deficits are unlikely to be risk markers. These findings highlight the context-specificity of RL deficits in R-AN, which may act as maintaining factors and could be targeted to improve cognitive flexibility and food-related decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2520573
Rachel E Frietchen, Shruti S Kinkel-Ram, Taylor B Stanley, Marley G Billman Miller, Lindsay Bodell, April R Smith
{"title":"Longitudinal investigation of pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, and suicidal ideation in women receiving residential treatment for an eating disorder.","authors":"Rachel E Frietchen, Shruti S Kinkel-Ram, Taylor B Stanley, Marley G Billman Miller, Lindsay Bodell, April R Smith","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2520573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2520573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain catastrophizing and pain intensity are related to suicidal thoughts and eating disorders. When individuals experience both high pain intensity and catastrophizing, they may experience higher levels of suicidal ideation (SI). Despite increased risk for SI in eating disorder (ED) populations, no research has examined the relationship between pain experience and suicidal thoughts using a longitudinal design. The current study tested the weekly relationships between pain catastrophizing and pain intensity on SI in a clinical sample of women engaged in residential ED treatment. Female participants (<i>N</i> = 79; <i>M</i><sub><i>ag</i>e</sub> = 26.44, 92.4% White, 94.9% Non-Hispanic/Latina) sought treatment at a residential ED treatment facility and completed self-report measures each week. Random intercept, random slope models were specified to test the relationship between pain intensity and pain catastrophizing on SI over eight weeks of treatment. Individuals with higher pain catastrophizing demonstrated greater severity of SI. There were no significant effects for within-person pain catastrophizing, within-person pain intensity, or for the interaction between within-person pain catastrophizing and intensity variables on SI. Pain catastrophizing is associated with SI at the between person level across residential ED treatment. Pain catastrophizing may be an important target for the prevention or treatment of SI in at-risk populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2520563
Megan L Wilkinson, Adrienne S Juarascio
{"title":"Heterogeneous profiles of impulsivity are associated with clinical severity and treatment outcomes among adults with binge-spectrum eating disorders.","authors":"Megan L Wilkinson, Adrienne S Juarascio","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2520563","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2520563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individuals with binge-spectrum eating disorders (BSEDs) exhibiting greater impulsivity demonstrate worse clinical severity and treatment outcomes. Mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments may be beneficial for targeting impulsivity and improving outcomes. The current study aimed to (1) identify latent profiles of impulsivity before and after a mindfulness and acceptance-based treatment and (2) assess differences in clinical severity and treatment outcomes between profiles. Participants (<i>N</i> = 256) were adults with BSEDs enrolled in a clinical trial of mindfulness and acceptance-based skills as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy. Four impulsivity profiles were identified at baseline, and three profiles were identified at post-treatment. Baseline profiles with higher negative urgency exhibited greater clinical severity and worse treatment outcomes. The current study highlights the heterogeneity of impulsivity profiles among BSEDs and their associations with clinical severity and treatment outcomes. Future research should explore augmentations to mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments that improve outcomes for this subgroup of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12354265/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2519904
Niloufar Rezaei, Sina Tamaskani Zahedi, Parisa Hajihashemi, Hamid Nasiri-Dehsorkhi, Arefeh Zamani, Amrollah Ebrahimi, Peyman Adibi, David Armstrong
{"title":"The prevalence and association between avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder-(ARFID) and disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI): a scoping review.","authors":"Niloufar Rezaei, Sina Tamaskani Zahedi, Parisa Hajihashemi, Hamid Nasiri-Dehsorkhi, Arefeh Zamani, Amrollah Ebrahimi, Peyman Adibi, David Armstrong","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2519904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2519904","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is characterized by restrictive and avoidant feeding and eating behaviors not linked to body weight or shape concerns, potentially exacerbated by disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI). This scoping review was conducted to systematically map the literature on ARFID and DGBI to determine the prevalence of ARFID in DGBI, the prevalence of DGBI in ARFID patients, and the association between these disorders. Online databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically reviewed from 2013 to April 2025. Studies that reported the prevalence of ARFID in DGBI groups, the prevalence of DGBI in ARFID individuals, and examined the association between ARFID and DGBI were included. Out of 4,085 screened sources, nine studies met the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of ARFID in patients with DGBI ranged from 13.2% to 40%. Individuals with ARFID showed a higher risk for DGBI and its symptoms compared to controls. This review summarized the prevalence of ARFID in DGBI patients, and the association between these disorders. Limitations include small sample sizes and inconsistencies in diagnostic scales. Larger-scale research is needed to clarify the association, along with improved assessment tools for accurate diagnosis of ARFID and DGBI.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2519902
Kathryn E Barber, Mercedes G Woolley, Francesca Knudsen, Tera Lensegrav-Benson, Benita Quakenbush, Michael P Twohig
{"title":"The prevalence and clinical correlates of body-focused repetitive behaviors in eating disorders.","authors":"Kathryn E Barber, Mercedes G Woolley, Francesca Knudsen, Tera Lensegrav-Benson, Benita Quakenbush, Michael P Twohig","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2519902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2519902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) and eating disorders (EDs) involve persistent, self-directed behaviors causing distress and impairment. Despite similarities, the relationship between the two is understudied. We examined clinical and subclinical BFRB prevalence in individuals with EDs, tested associations with ED and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, and compared BFRB occurrence between ED subtypes. The sample included 95 female adults and adolescents in residential ED treatment (51% anorexia nervosa-restricting, 37% anorexia nervosa-binge-eating/purging, 9% bulimia nervosa, 3% other EDs). The Habit Questionnaire, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, and Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale assessed BFRBs, ED symptoms, and OC symptoms, respectively. BFRBs were highly prevalent in the sample, with 37% meeting clinically significant levels and 31% displaying subclinical BFRBs. The most common clinically significant BFRBs were skin picking (28%), mouth chewing (10%), and hair pulling (9%). Higher ED and OC symptom severity were both associated with the presence of any presence of a co-occurring BFRB. BFRB prevalence did not differ between restricting and binge-eating/purging ED subtypes. Overall, co-occurring BFRBs were common in this residential ED sample, highlighting the need for routine screening. Both ED and OC symptom severity were uniquely related to BFRB occurrence. Future research should explore the underlying mechanisms to better understand the relationship between BFRBs and EDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144498789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eating DisordersPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2519909
Kelly Cai, Taylor R Perry, Dori M Steinberg, Cara Bohon, Jessie E Menzel, Jessica H Baker, Dave Freestone
{"title":"The accuracy of early weight gain in predicting treatment outcome in a large outpatient sample of patients with anorexia nervosa.","authors":"Kelly Cai, Taylor R Perry, Dori M Steinberg, Cara Bohon, Jessie E Menzel, Jessica H Baker, Dave Freestone","doi":"10.1080/10640266.2025.2519909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2025.2519909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previously, we evaluated early weight gain as a predictor of weight restoration for patients with anorexia nervosa using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Models had low performance, and high rates of misclassification. Regression models including percent target weight at admission in addition to early weight gain performed better. This study evaluated the performance of early weight gain as a predictor of remission for patients with AN. We also explore the limitations of ROC analysis and show that the analogous logistic regression models outperform their ROC counterparts. Participants (<i>N</i> = 233) were patients with AN who received virtual outpatient FBT. ROC analyses used early weight gain to predict remission in week 20. Weight gain at week 8 performed best (AUC = 0.65 [0.58-0.72]). The optimal cutpoint was 8.9 pounds; 36% of the patients were misclassified. A regression model, which included percent target weight at admission in addition to early weight gain as a predictor variable, outperformed the ROC and returned the probability that a patient will remit. These data suggest that using early weight gain alone to set cutpoints misclassifies many patients with AN. Accounting for starting weight at admission improves model predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48835,"journal":{"name":"Eating Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}