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Early treatment is critical to improve eating disorder prognosis. Single session interventions have been proposed as a strategy to provide short term support to people on waitlists for eating disorder treatmen...
Despite reports of high incidence and prevalence, relatively few studies have investigated outcomes for children and adolescents with binge eating disorder (BED) and loss of control (LOC) eating. This study ai...
While some children are open to trying new foods, many exhibit dislike or refusal when encountering them for the first time. These behaviors can be broadly characterized as food neophobia and pickiness, which ...
Stigma significantly hinders treatment seeking, adherence to treatment, referrals, and can prolong recovery, while increasing the risk of relapse due to social exclusion and stress. Stigmatizing attitudes towa...
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a recently recognized eating disorder category in the DSM-5 and ICD-11classifications. Recent functional neuroimaging studies have suggested alterations in ...
Eating disorders (EDs) in the athlete population are often discussed in terms of comparing with non-athlete samples, however little is known regarding their gender clinical differences. Therefore, this study a...
A deficiency in autobiographical memory functioning could be of relevance to the maintenance of an eating disorder (ED). Past research has found that people with EDs have difficulties in recalling specific det...
Body image has predominantly been examined among young White women. As a result, the guiding theories in this area of study are based on implicit assumptions that this population’s experience is normative. The...
This Correspondence article provides a lived experience perspective on McColl et al.‘s study, which examines the use of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for individuals with eating disorders. Drawing on experienc...
Maladaptive eating behaviors are central to weight gain and are influenced by various psychological determinants associated with obesity. While some studies have established profiles based on different maladap...
This Commentary builds upon the findings of Gidlund et al.’s study on the oral health experiences of women in remission from eating disorders. By exploring the nuanced and deeply embodied dimensions of oral he...
There is emerging evidence to suggest gender diverse people are overrepresented in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) samples. However, the mechanisms underlying elevated risk for ARFID in this ...
Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED) have considerable symptom overlap, and prior studies observed similiarities in respect to patient’s body image. However, weight-based stereotypes have so fa...
Within mental health research, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of the knowledge obtained through lived experiences of illness, treatment, recovery, and health. In recent years, the field...
Transgender and gender-diverse individuals tend to be at increased risk of experiencing eating disorders compared to cisgender individuals. Gender-affirming treatment seems to have a significant impact on eati...
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric disorder for which effective treatment and sustained recovery are contingent upon successful weight restoration, yet the efficacy of existing treatments is subopti...
There is a lack of agreement over the usefulness and coherence of the term 'severe and enduring’ to denote a sub-category of illness amongst patients with eating disorders. Nonetheless, a proportion of patient...
The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Eating Disorders 2025 13:61
Vitamin B12 is an essential cofactor for one-carbon metabolism. Deficiency of this vitamin is known to cause various physical and neurological conditions. Several guidelines recommend the intake of multivitamin s...
Individuals with marginalised social characteristics (e.g. by race/ethnicity, gender, body weight) report experiencing eating disorder (ED) symptoms but do not proportionally access treatment. There may be uni...
Eating disorders and difficulties in regulating emotions are frequent among adolescents and serve as risk factors for several health issues. Nonetheless, the relationship remains ambiguous; investigating this ...
The desire to control personal weight status is ever-increasing among adolescents to achieve societal desirability for thinness across developed and developing countries. The purpose of this study was to estim...
Body image is a core identity facet in anorexia nervosa (AN). Current literature outlines body image as a multidimensional construct, characterized by perceptual, cognitive, and emotional components, which exp...
The combination of in-person and telehealth treatment for individuals with eating disorders is becoming an important clinical and research avenue. Despite this, a framework for describing such care, which is c...
Binge-eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder with university students being particularly vulnerable. The study aimed to investigate the association between binge eating and Internet addiction...
Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia have a two to five-fold higher risk of developing obesity and up to threefold higher risk of developing disordered eating behaviors relative to the general population. ...
There is a substantial and growing evidence base that has identified three distinct personality types (Overcontrol, Undercontrol and Resilient) among samples of individuals with eating disorders, as well as no...
Despite the potential clinical and treatment relevance of food addiction (FA) among individuals with schizophrenia, the scientific literature on its characteristics and correlates within this population is spa...
Severe eating and feeding disorders including Anorexia Nervosa of both restricting (AN-R) and binge-purge (AN-BP) subtypes and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) lead to multiple macronutrient a...
This study seeks to investigate the impact of anorexia awareness videos on the perception of anorexic figures and pro-anorexia attitude among young females, considering the employed fear appeals and the presen...
Currently, we know little regarding how stigma attributed to eating disorders compares to that of other psychological disorders and additionally within different types of eating disorders. In the current study...
This cross-sectional study aimed to address the gap in understanding how night eating behavior impacts gastrointestinal health and psychological well-being in adult populations.
The aim of this study was to identify naturally occurring groups of individuals experiencing binge eating (BE) symptoms based on their endorsement of varied functions of BE.
The original article was published in Journal of Eating Disorders 2025 13:4
Improvements to eating disorder (ED) care are urgently needed in the United Kingdom (UK) and around the world. Informed by my lived experiences, independent research, and involvement in the underappreciated fi...
Adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are reported to be at higher risk for clinical eating disorders (ED) and other disordered eating behaviors (DEB) than their peers without diabetes. On the other hand, there is...
Overvaluation of shape and weight is a critical component in understanding and diagnosing eating disorders. While the transdiagnostic model states that overvaluation of shape and weight is the core pathology o...
Historically, eating disorder (ED) research has largely focused on White girls and women, with minority ethnic populations underrepresented. Most research exploring EDs in minority ethnic populations has been ...
Poor quality of life in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) and persistent high rates of readmission highlight the necessity of developing interventions to optimize treatment outcomes. ECHOMANTRA is a novel onli...
The Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) is considered the screening instrument of choice to identify eating disorders (ED) symptoms in clinical and community populations, showing a classical three-factor structu...
Despite being the most prevalent eating disorder, Binge eating disorder (BED) remains largely unrecognized and lacks awareness among the general public, where it is also highly stigmatized. Common stigma surro...
Current research on the transmission of trauma and eating disorders across generations is limited. However, quantitative studies suggest that the influence of parents’ and grandparents’ eating disorders and th...
The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Eating Disorders 2025 13:12
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) may result in significant medical sequelae. Compared to youth with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa (AN), youth with ARFID tend to be younger and are mor...
Weight stigma is pervasive, and it has a significant impact on the social, physical, and psychological health of an individual. Weight stigma is observed from several different sources. Therefore, the present ...
There is a need for improved understanding of why 20–30% of individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) develop a severe and enduring form of illness (SE-AN). Previously, we reported differences in proactive inhibi...
Training gaps regarding the diagnosis and management of eating disorders in diverse populations, including racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minoritized groups, have not been thoroughly examined.
Biopsychosocial factors have been associated with body satisfaction/dissatisfaction and related body image concerns in adolescence; however, few studies have investigated these relationships in middle childhoo...
Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of debilitating mental illnesses characterized by maladaptive eating behaviors and severe cognitive-emotional dysfunction, directly affecting 1–3% of the population. Standard...
Improving care for SEED-AN patients is urgently needed. Current specialist eating disorder (SEDU) programs have minimal impact, resulting in poor quality of life. Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) ...
Accruing evidence suggests that personality-based approaches to eating disorder classification may offer several advantages over current diagnostic models, with prior research consistently identifying three pe...
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