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Food related attention bias modification training for anorexia nervosa and its potential underpinning mechanisms

Treatment outcomes in anorexia nervosa (AN) remain suboptimal, evidencing the need for better and more targeted treatments. Whilst the aetiology of AN is complex, cognitive processes such as attention bias (AB...

Authors: Daniela Mercado, Ulrike Schmidt, Owen G. O’Daly, Iain C. Campbell and Jessica Werthmann

Drive for muscularity behaviors in male bodybuilders: a trans-contextual model of motivation

The drive for muscularity behaviors are very common in male athletes, especially in male bodybuilders. Studies have related drive for muscularity behaviors to body dissatisfaction, eating disorders and muscle ...

Authors: Lisa Chaba, Fabienne d’Arripe-Longueville, Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner and Stéphanie Scoffier-Mériaux

A conceptual comparison of family-based treatment and enhanced cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders

The aim of this paper is to give a conceptual comparison of family-based treatment (FBT), a specific form of family therapy, and enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) in the management of adolescents wit...

Authors: Riccardo Dalle Grave, Sarah Eckhardt, Simona Calugi and Daniel Le Grange

Abstracts from the 17th annual conference of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED 2019)

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Self-objectification and eating disorder pathology in an ethnically diverse sample of adult women: cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal associations

Extensive support exists for objectification theory’s original aim of explaining patterns of women’s mental health risk through a sociocultural lens. One pathway in objectification theory proposes a mediationa...

Authors: Lisa Smith Kilpela, Rachel Calogero, Salomé A. Wilfred, Christina L. Verzijl, Willie J. Hale and Carolyn Black Becker

Validation of the Arabic version of the binge eating scale and correlates of binge eating disorder among a sample of the Lebanese population

To test the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Binge Eating Scale (BES), a self-questionnaire assessing binge eating, in a sample of the Lebanese population. The secondary objective was to ev...

Authors: Rouba Karen Zeidan, Chadia Haddad, Rabih Hallit, Marwan Akel, Karl Honein, Maria Akiki, Nelly Kheir, Souheil Hallit and Sahar Obeid

Alexithymia predicts maladaptive but not adaptive emotion regulation strategies in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa or depression

Among adolescent girls, anorexia nervosa (AN) and major depression (MD) are common and often comorbid mental health problems. Both disorders are characterised by difficulties in recognising and verbalising (al...

Authors: Anca Sfärlea, Sandra Dehning, Lena Katharina Keller and Gerd Schulte-Körne

Factor structure of the Night Eating Diagnostic Questionnaire (NEDQ) and an evaluation of the diagnostic criteria of the night eating syndrome

The Night Eating Diagnostic Questionnaire (NEDQ) is a validated assessment of the night eating syndrome (NES) based on the proposed diagnostic criteria. While past results show that NEDQ is associated with psy...

Authors: Laurence J. Nolan and Allan Geliebter

Osteoporosis recovery in severe anorexia nervosa: a case report

Osteoporosis represents a common and severe complication in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) that normally persists despite weight restoration and the resumption of regular menses. The condition may result ...

Authors: Pratibha Anand and Philip S. Mehler

Associations between self-reported diabetes mellitus, disordered eating behaviours, weight/shape overvaluation, and health-related quality of life

Eating disorders (ED) and disordered eating behaviours (DEB) have been found to be common in people with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, findings have been inconsistent.

Authors: Danilo Dias Santana, Deborah Mitchison, David Gonzalez-Chica, Stephen Touyz, Nigel Stocks, Jose Carlos Appolinario, Gloria Valeria da Veiga and Phillipa Hay

An ARFID case report combining family-based treatment with the unified protocol for Transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in children

This case report discusses the presentation and treatment of a nine-year-old female with a history of significant weight loss and food refusal using a combined approach of Family-Based Treatment (FBT) and the ...

Authors: Sarah Eckhardt, Carolyn Martell, Kristina Duncombe Lowe, Daniel Le Grange and Jill Ehrenreich-May

Disordered eating attitudes correlate with body dissatisfaction among Kuwaiti male college students

The prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction based on muscularity and body fat was investigated among male college students in Kuwait with a range of body mass index values including ...

Authors: Mariam Ebrahim, Dalal Alkazemi, Tasleem A. Zafar and Stan Kubow

Patients’ experiences from basic body awareness therapy in the treatment of binge eating disorder -movement toward health: a phenomenological study

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder. Patients with BED are often not diagnosed, nor offered adequate specific treatment. A great number of those who receive recommended treatment do ...

Authors: Marit Nilsen Albertsen, Eli Natvik and Målfrid Råheim

Binge eating symptoms prevalence and relationship with psychosocial factors among female undergraduate students at Palestine Polytechnic University: a cross-sectional study

Eating disorders pose a serious challenge to health services due to psychosocial and medical problems. Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized as a pattern of overeating episodes followed by shame, distre...

Authors: Manal M. Badrasawi and Souzan J. Zidan

Eating disorders, bipolar disorders and other mood disorders: complex and under-researched relationships

Authors: Claire McAulay, Phillipa Hay, Jonathan Mond and Stephen Touyz

Attributes of children and adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a comparatively new DSM-5 diagnosis. In an effort to better understand this heterogeneous patient group, this study aimed to describe the physical and psych...

Authors: Helene Keery, Sarah LeMay-Russell, Timothy L. Barnes, Sarah Eckhardt, Carol B. Peterson, Julie Lesser, Sasha Gorrell and Daniel Le Grange

Does binge-eating matter for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients?

Eating behavior is an important aspect related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment and may have an impact on glycemic control. Previous reports showed elevated prevalence of eating disordered behavior...

Authors: Marcelo Papelbaum, Rodrigo de Oliveira Moreira, Walmir Ferreira Coutinho, Rosane Kupfer, Silvia Freitas, Ronir Raggio Luz and José Carlos Appolinario

Impact of an oral health education intervention among a group of patients with eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa)

It is recognized that eating disorders are serious psychosocial illnesses that affect many adolescents and adults. A pre and post survey study was developed to assess demographics, oral health knowledge and se...

Authors: Laura S. Silverstein, Carol Haggerty, Lattice Sams, Ceib Phillips and Michael W. Roberts

Accuracy of self-reported physical activity in patients with anorexia nervosa: links with clinical features

High levels of physical activity (PA) have long been described in patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Despite the importance of measuring PA in this population, there are two important factors that remain unk...

Authors: Louise Bezzina, Stephen Touyz, Sarah Young, Nasim Foroughi, Stacy Clemes, Caroline Meyer, Jon Arcelus, Sloane Madden, Evelyn Attia, Kathleen M. Pike and Phillipa Hay

“As long as they eat”? Therapist experiences, dilemmas and identity negotiations of Maudsley and family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa

Maudsley Family Therapy and its manualised version Family-Based Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FBT-AN) have accrued the most significant research evidence-base for the treatment of adolescent Anorexia Nervosa (...

Authors: Jessica Aradas, Diana Sales, Paul Rhodes and Janet Conti

Rapid onset avascular necrosis secondary to misuse of appetite stimulant

HIV patients often fear disclosure of their status and consequently are fearful that their appearance may lead people to believe they have HIV. Excessive attention to weight is one result.

Authors: Hilary Stevenson, Salome Cockern and Elizabeth Secord

EDITORIAL: Eating disorders in diabetes: Discussion on issues relevant to type 1 diabetes and an overview of the Journal’s special issue

Authors: Ann Goebel-Fabbri, Paul Copeland, Stephen Touyz and Phillipa Hay

Factors associated with restrained eating and validation of the Arabic version of the restrained eating scale among an adult representative sample of the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study

Previous research suggests that restrained eating is problematic in Lebanon and is associated with the occurrence of clinically diagnosed eating disorders. Because of the alarming prevalence and severity of th...

Authors: Sylvia Saade, Souheil Hallit, Chadia Haddad, Rabih Hallit, Marwan Akel, Karl Honein, Maria Akiki, Nelly Kheir and Sahar Obeid

Understanding the neural mechanisms of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) pharmacotherapy in Binge Eating Disorder (BED): a study protocol

The efficacy and safety of Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) in the treatment of moderate to severe binge eating disorder (BED) has been demonstrated in multiple randomised clinical trials. Despite this, littl...

Authors: Kristi R. Griffiths, Jenny Yang, Stephen W. Touyz, Phillipa J. Hay, Simon D. Clarke, Mayuresh S. Korgaonkar, Linette Gomes, Gail Anderson, Sheryl Foster and Michael R. Kohn

A day treatment program for adults with eating disorders: staff and patient experiences in implementation

Eating disorders are serious conditions which are increasing in prevalence internationally. The causes of these conditions are complex and incompletely understood, and clinical presentations can vary over time...

Authors: Kylie Matthews, Leanne Gordon, John van Beusekom, Jeanie Sheffield and Susan Patterson

Set-shifting, central coherence and decision-making in individuals recovered from anorexia nervosa: a systematic review

The aim of this study was to review the existing literature and evaluate whether deficits in set-shifting, central coherence and decision-making persist in individuals recovered from anorexia nervosa (AN-REC).

Authors: Tone Seim Fuglset

“Our daily life was mainly comprised of eating and sitting:” a qualitative analysis of adolescents’ experiences of inpatient eating disorder treatment in China

Some individuals with Eating Disorders (EDs) require hospitalization to stabilize and improve life-threatening physical complications. The experiences of those receiving inpatient treatment for EDs are well-do...

Authors: Yi Wu and Amy Harrison

Dimensions within 24 weight history indices and their association with inpatient treatment outcome in adults with anorexia nervosa: analysis of routine data

Next to weight suppression (WS), there are a range of less often examined weight history indices, and improvements to the WS construct have been proposed. We aimed to examine redundancy and overlap between 24 ...

Authors: Johannes Baltasar Hessler, Sandra Schlegl, Martin Greetfeld and Ulrich Voderholzer

Processes and pathways to binge eating: development of an integrated cognitive and behavioural model of binge eating

There are a number of factors commonly believed to be important to the development and maintenance of binge eating that have been identified across multiple models and theories in the psychological literature....

Authors: Amy L. Burton and Maree J. Abbott

Is #cleaneating a healthy or harmful dietary strategy? Perceptions of clean eating and associations with disordered eating among young adults

Although “clean eating” is widely propagated through social media and anecdotal reports in the popular press, there is almost no scientific research on this potentially risky dietary strategy. The current inve...

Authors: Suman Ambwani, Meghan Shippe, Ziting Gao and S. Bryn Austin

Peer mentoring for eating disorders: results from the evaluation of a pilot program

Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric illnesses that have high rates of morbidity and mortality, and low long-term recovery rates. Peer mentor programs (PMPs) have been associated with reduced psychia...

Authors: Jennifer Beveridge, Andrea Phillipou, Zoe Jenkins, Richard Newton, Leah Brennan, Freya Hanly, Benjamin Torrens-Witherow, Narelle Warren, Kelly Edwards and David Castle

Dating app use and unhealthy weight control behaviors among a sample of U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study

Online dating has become increasingly popular over the years. Few research studies have examined the association between dating apps and disordered eating. In this study, we evaluated the association between d...

Authors: Alvin Tran, Christian Suharlim, Heather Mattie, Kirsten Davison, Madina Agénor and S. Bryn Austin

Evaluating the effectiveness of an evidence-based online training program for health professionals in eating disorders

Early detection and treatment are essential to ensuring the best possible health outcomes for people with eating disorders (EDs). However, low diagnostic accuracy and a lack of specific ED training are common ...

Authors: Sarah Maguire, Ang Li, Michelle Cunich and Danielle Maloney

Self-image and 12-month outcome in females with eating disorders: extending previous findings

The interpersonal Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) model of self-image has repeatedly proven valuable in relation to eating disorder (ED) symptoms and in predicting ED outcome.

Authors: Emma Forsén Mantilla, Claes Norring and Andreas Birgegård

User satisfaction with family-based inpatient treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: retrospective views of patients and parents

Research is scarce on patient and parent satisfaction with family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN), especially family-based treatment adapted to inpatient settings. The purpose of this stud...

Authors: Inger Halvorsen and Øyvind Rø

A Danish translation of the eating disorder quality of life scale (EDQLS)

In Denmark, only generic health-related quality of life measures have been developed to assess quality of life in patients with eating disorders. So far, no disease-specific questionnaires have been translated...

Authors: Laura Al-Dakhiel Winkler, Simone Daugaard Hemmingsen, Claire Gudex, Anne-Cathrine Blegvad, René K. Støving and Sidse Marie Hemmingsen Arnfred

Stay the course: practitioner reflections on implementing family-based treatment with adolescents with atypical anorexia

Atypical anorexia nervosa (AN) has received minimal empirical attention regarding effective diagnosis and treatment. Family-based treatment (FBT) might be a promising treatment for atypical AN, yet it is uncle...

Authors: Gina Dimitropoulos, Melissa Kimber, Manya Singh, Emily P. Williams, Katharine L. Loeb, Elizabeth K. Hughes, Andrea Garber, April Elliott, Ellie Vyver and Daniel Le Grange

Associations between symptoms of eating disturbance and frequency of physical activity in a non-clinical, population-based sample of adolescents

Physical activity is an important factor related to eating disorders, but the relationship between symptoms of eating disorders and physical activity is multifaceted. The aims of this study were to investigate...

Authors: Ove Heradstveit, Eva Holmelid, Helene Klundby, Birgitte Søreide, Børge Sivertsen and Liv Sand

Defining compulsive exercise in eating disorders: acknowledging the exercise paradox and exercise obsessions

Recently Dittmer et al. (JED 6:1–9, 2018). suggested a transdiagnostic definition and a clinical assessment for compulsive exercise in adolescents and adults with eating disorders. In this letter to the editor...

Authors: Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Therese Fostervold Mathisen, Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen and Jan Harald Rosenvinge

Real-time predictors and consequences of binge eating among adults with type 1 diabetes

Objective binge eating (OBE) is common among individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and may have negative consequences for glycemic control. Recent studies have suggested that diabetes distress (i.e., emotiona...

Authors: Ashley A. Moskovich, Natalia O. Dmitrieva, Michael A. Babyak, Patrick J. Smith, Lisa K. Honeycutt, Jan Mooney and Rhonda M. Merwin

Nail clubbing in laxative abuse: case report and review of the literature

The link between clubbing and laxative abuse has been reported several times in the literature, in all cases in young females. The nature of this relationship is not understood.

Authors: Olivia A. Charlton, Philippa Dickison, Saxon D. Smith and Simon D. Roger

“We don’t really know what else we can do”: Parent experiences when adolescent distress persists after the Maudsley and family-based therapies for anorexia nervosa

Maudsley Family Therapy (MFT), and its manualised version, Family-Based Therapy (FBT), are the only well-established treatment interventions for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN), with treatment efficacy primar...

Authors: Ella Wufong, Paul Rhodes and Janet Conti

The short inventory of grazing (SIG): development and validation of a new brief measure of a common eating behaviour with a compulsive dimension

Grazing, the repetitious and unplanned eating of small amounts of food with or without a sense of loss of control (LOC), is an eating pattern of recent interest which is highly prevalent in eating disorders an...

Authors: Andreea I. Heriseanu, Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz

Book Review:Prevention and Recovery from Eating Disorders in Type 1Diabetes:Injecting Hope

Authors: Phillipa Hay

Psychometric properties and factor structure of the diabetes eating problem survey – revised (DEPS-R) among adult males and females with type 1 diabetes

Although an increasing amount of research has now established good psychometric properties and a three-component factor structure of the Diabetes Eating Problem Survey – Revised (DEPS-R) in pediatric samples w...

Authors: Line Wisting, Joseph Wonderlich, Torild Skrivarhaug, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen and Øyvind Rø

Physicians’ perspectives on the treatment of patients with eating disorders in the acute setting

Hospitalisation for an eating disorder is rare, however treatment in the acute medical setting can be a life-saving admission. While the multidisciplinary team delivers overall patient care, medical decisions ...

Authors: Alexandra R. Davidson, Sarah Braham, Lauren Dasey and Dianne P. Reidlinger

The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders: current practices in assigning patients to level of care

The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders (STATED) is a new evidence-based algorithm developed to match patients to the most clinically appropriate and cost-effective level of care (Geller et al., ...

Authors: Josie Geller, Leanna Isserlin, Emily Seale, Megumi M. Iyar, Jennifer S. Coelho, Suja Srikameswaran and Mark Norris

Treatment effects on compulsive exercise and physical activity in eating disorders

Dysfunctional thoughts- and use of physical activity (PA) are core symptoms of the eating disorders (ED) bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED). The compulsive desire for PA complicates a favoura...

Authors: Therese Fostervold Mathisen, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan H. Rosenvinge, Oddgeir Friborg, Gunn Pettersen, Kari Anne Vrabel and Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen

Classification challenges in the field of eating disorders: can severe and enduring anorexia nervosa be better defined?

Authors: Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz

An exploratory study of challenges and successes in implementing adapted family-based treatment in a community setting

Although family-based treatment (FBT) is accepted as the first-line treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa, studies show that it is infrequently used by clinicians in community settings. To elucidate some o...

Authors: Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, Erin C. Accurso, Setareh Rossman, Susan F. McClanahan, Gina Dimitropoulos and Daniel Le Grange