Top Research Papers on Eating Disorders

It has been further demonstrated that reducing the duration of untreated illness within three years of onset is associated with a better outcome and this has led to the rollout of FREED, an early intervention service in the UK.

This current literature review examined the empirical literature regarding the rates and types of, and risk factors for eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors in LGBT adults and adolescents, in addition to each individual subgroup (i.e., lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals).

An updated overview of binge eating disorder that includes recommendations relevant for primary care practitioners is provided, as well as expert opinions of a diverse group of experts to help guide clinicians where evidence is limited.

This work highlights ongoing and future work designed to identify implicated biological pathways that will inform staging models based on biology as well as targeted prevention and tailored intervention, and will galvanize interest in the development of pharmacologic agents that target the core biology of the illnesses.

This article argues for exploring the role of diversity in ED treatment settings and outcomes, for pursuing diversity-oriented research pro-actively rather than as a reaction to issues of under-representation, and for integrating diversity across different areas of medical education and trainings in psychotherapy.

It is concluded that a risk management approach, with screening or monitoring for eating disorder‐related risk factors and behaviors, should be utilized to identify those at risk.

The fact that lifestyle modification and dissonance-based prevention programs significantly reduced future onset of eating disorders in multiple trials, producing a 54% to 77% reduction in future eating disorder onset implies that broadly implementing these prevention programs could reduce the population prevalence of Eating disorders.

An overview of loss of control eating in childhood and adolescence, including its characterization, etiology, and clinical significance, with a particular focus on associations with metabolic risk, weight gain, and obesity is provided.

The findings suggest that women with MDD and anxiety disorders have elevated rates of EDs, and it is therefore imperative to screen for disordered eating in these populations.

A meta-analysis examined the associations between mindfulness and ED psychopathology and found associations were strongest for binge eating, emotional/external eating, and body dissatisfaction as well as the acting with awareness and nonjudging facets.

The current paper reviews the literature on exposure interventions for eating disorders, including studies on exposure and response prevention, in vivo feared food exposure, mirror exposure, family-based treatment with exposure, and virtual reality exposure therapy.

The literature on eating disorders in the Arab world suffers from potential limitations due to the use of non-validated assessment tools, and further research is necessary, particularly on the development and validation of a culturally sensitive assessment tool.

A review of common eating disorders diagnosed in children and adolescents is reviewed, the medical evaluation of patients suspected of having an eating disorder is outlined, an overview of treatment strategies is presented, and opportunities for advocacy are highlighted.

Two very opposite components of PPA in AN were suggested: voluntarily PPA increased in AN was viewed as a conscious strategy to maximize weight loss, while involuntarily PPA increase proportionally with weight-loss, indicating that exercise might be under the control of a subconscious biological drive and involuntary cognition.

The available evidence from 32 studies comprising large samples from 16 countries showed that 22% of children and adolescents showed disordered eating according to the SCOFF tool, which is concerning from a public health perspective and highlight the need to implement strategies for preventing eating disorders.

This position statement is a call to action to all involved in sport to be aware of poor self-image and poor body image among athletes and the practical recommendations should guide the clinical management of DE in high performance sport.

Findings indicate that for nonclinical and for clinical research, including studies of treatment change and outcome, the short forms of the EDE-Q can be used, and a shorter version is a viable alternative when less time-consuming alternatives are needed.

Treatment of eating disorders in men may be adapted to address unique concerns in men, particularly with muscularity-oriented disordered eating.

Evidence-based treatments for obesity and eating disorders in childhood include as first line approaches weight loss with nutritional management and lifestyle modification via behavioral psychotherapy, as well as treatment of psychiatric comorbidities if those are not a consequence of the eating disorder.

Emerging evidence consistently indicates that food insecurity is cross-sectionally associated with bulimic-spectrum ED pathology among adults and the need for ED research to include marginalized populations who have historically been overlooked in the ED field is emphasized.