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What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior

People seem to have a basic drive to assess the correctness of their opinions, abilities, and emotions. Without absolute indicators of these qualities, people rely on a comparison of themselves with others. So...

Authors: Janet Polivy

Does level of motivation for change impact post-treatment outcomes in the eating disorders? Protocol for a systematic review with quantitative analysis

Eating Disorders are highly prevalent and widespread mental health problems, with marked risk of chronicity and refractoriness to treatment. Affected individuals are hesitant to change their behaviours and the...

Authors: Jeanne Sansfaçon, Howard Steiger, Lise Gauvin, Émilie Fletcher and Mimi Israël

The social facilitation of eating or the facilitation of social eating?

People eat more when they eat in groups. Various explanations have been offered for this “social facilitation” of eating. We consider these explanations and find most of them wanting, especially insofar as the...

Authors: C. Peter Herman

Motivation to change, coping, and self-esteem in adolescent anorexia nervosa: a validation study of the Anorexia Nervosa Stages of Change Questionnaire (ANSOCQ)

Understanding motivation to change is a key issue in both the assessment and the treatment of eating disorders. Therefore, sound instruments assessing this construct are of great help to clinicians. Accordingl...

Authors: Dagmar Pauli, Marcel Aebi, Christa Winkler Metzke and Hans-Christoph Steinhausen

Body dissatisfaction, excessive exercise, and weight change strategies used by first-year undergraduate students: comparing health and physical education and other education students

Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers are known to be under social-, personal-, and employment-related pressure to be and appear physically fit, and to use dangerous dieting and weight control practices...

Authors: Zali Yager, Tonia Gray, Christina Curry and Siân A. McLean

Now you see it, Now you don’t: compulsive exercise in adolescents with an eating disorder

Compulsive exercise (CE) has been proposed as significant in the etiology, development and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs), resulting in more severe and enduring pathology. However, few studies have inve...

Authors: Johanna Levallius, Christina Collin and Andreas Birgegård

Protective factors against disordered eating in family systems: a systematic review of research

This systematic review aims to identify and evaluate the literature investigating protective factors and eating disorders (EDs), to establish what is known about factors in family systems that could be conside...

Authors: Jasmin Langdon-Daly and Lucy Serpell

Adolescents with full or subthreshold anorexia nervosa in a naturalistic sample – characteristics and treatment outcome

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) destroys developmentally important early years of many young people and knowledge is insufficient regarding course, treatment outcome and prognosis. Only a few naturalistic studies have b...

Authors: Katarina Lindstedt, Lars Kjellin and Sanna Aila Gustafsson

A few steps closer to answering the unanswered questions about higher calorie refeeding

Authors: Andrea K. Garber

Outcomes of an inpatient medical nutritional rehabilitation protocol in children and adolescents with eating disorders

Medical stabilization through inpatient nutritional rehabilitation is often necessary for patients with eating disorders (EDs) but includes the inherent risk of refeeding syndrome. Here we describe our experie...

Authors: Rebecka Peebles, Andrew Lesser, Courtney Cheek Park, Kerri Heckert, C. Alix Timko, Eleni Lantzouni, Ronald Liebman and Laurel Weaver

Neurocognitive functions and social functioning in young females with recent-onset anorexia nervosa and recovered individuals

Young individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) or recovered from AN display impairments of social function. To date, however, it is not clear whether they differ from controls with respect to neurocognitive perf...

Authors: Mette Bentz, Jens Richardt Moellegaard Jepsen, Gry Kjaersdam Telléus, Ulla Moslet, Tine Pedersen, Cynthia M. Bulik and Kerstin Jessica Plessen

A Sisyphean task: experiences of perfectionism in patients with eating disorders

Despite the theoretical links between eating disorders and perfectionism, the definition of perfectionism in practice is complicated. The present study explored descriptions and experiences of perfectionism de...

Authors: Suzanne Petersson, Per Johnsson and Kent-Inge Perseius

Reward and punishment sensitivity and disordered eating behaviors in men and women

Reward and punishment sensitivities have been identified as potential contributors to binge eating and compensatory behaviors, though few studies have examined gender differences in these behaviors.

Authors: Kalina T. Eneva, Susan Murray, Jared O’Garro-Moore, Angelina Yiu, Lauren B. Alloy, Nicole M. Avena and Eunice Y. Chen

Comparing effects: a reanalysis of two studies on season of birth bias in anorexia nervosa

Outcomes from studies on season of birth bias in eating disorders have been inconsistent. This inconsistency has been explained by differences in methodologies resulting in different types of effect sizes. The...

Authors: Eirin Winje, Anne-Kari Torgalsbøen, Cathrine Brunborg and Kristin Stedal

Outcomes of an inpatient refeeding protocol in youth with anorexia nervosa: Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego/University of California, San Diego

Current guidelines for nutritional rehabilitation in hospitalized restrictive eating disorder patients recommend a cautious approach to refeeding. Several studies suggest that higher calorie diets may be safe ...

Authors: Tamara R. Maginot, Maya M. Kumar, Jacqueline Shiels, Walter Kaye and Kyung E. Rhee

Outcomes of an inpatient refeeding protocol in youth with Anorexia Nervosa and atypical Anorexia Nervosa at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Historically, inpatient protocols have adopted relatively conservative approaches to refeeding in Anorexia Nervosa (AN) in order to reduce the risk of refeeding syndrome, a potentially fatal constellation of s...

Authors: Kathryn Smith, Julie Lesser, Beth Brandenburg, Andrew Lesser, Jessica Cici, Robert Juenneman, Amy Beadle, Sarah Eckhardt, Elin Lantz, James Lock and Daniel Le Grange

Developing shared understandings of recovery and care: a qualitative study of women with eating disorders who resist therapeutic care

This paper explores the differing perspectives of recovery and care of people with disordered eating. We consider the views of those who have not sought help for their disordered eating, or who have been given...

Authors: Connie Musolino, Megan Warin, Tracey Wade and Peter Gilchrist

Associations between unhealthy dieting behaviors and tobacco use among adolescents

Cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for unhealthy dieting behaviors (UDBs) in youth. The role of alternative tobacco products and UDB engagement has yet to be examined empirically despite concerning ...

Authors: Megan E. Sutter, Aashir Nasim, Susan Veldheer and Caroline O. Cobb

Listening in the dark: why we need stories of people living with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa

A bold step forward in our approach to Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa invites new paradigms for research and practice. It provides an opportunity for us to explore fault lines, both in our communities of...

Authors: Janet Conti, Paul Rhodes and Heather Adams

A qualitative analysis of participants’ reflections on body image during participation in a randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy

Negative body image is a risk factor for development and relapse in eating disorders (ED). Many patients continue to be dissatisfied with their body shape or weight after treatment. This study presents a quali...

Authors: Maria Fogelkvist, Thomas Parling, Lars Kjellin and Sanna Aila Gustafsson

Use of yoga in outpatient eating disorder treatment: a pilot study

Individuals with restrictive eating disorders present with co-morbid psychiatric disorders and many attempt to control symptoms using strenuous exercises that increase caloric expenditure. Yoga offers a safe a...

Authors: Allison Hall, Nana Ama Ofei-Tenkorang, Jason T. Machan and Catherine M. Gordon

Risk factors for elevated liver enzymes during refeeding of severely malnourished patients with eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study

There are few previous reports regarding the cause and evolution of liver injury in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) during the refeeding process, and its management remains controversial. This study aimed ...

Authors: Miho Imaeda, Satoshi Tanaka, Hiroshige Fujishiro, Saki Kato, Masatoshi Ishigami, Naoko Kawano, Hiroto Katayama, Kunihiro Kohmura, Masahiko Ando, Kazuo Nishioka and Norio Ozaki

Applying neurobiology to the treatment of adults with anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is a severe, biologically based brain disorder with significant medical complications. It is critical that new, effective treatments are developed to interrupt the persistent course of the ill...

Authors: Laura Hill, Stephanie Knatz Peck, Christina E. Wierenga and Walter H. Kaye

Functional brain alterations in anorexia nervosa: a scoping review

Neuroimaging allows for the identification of brain abnormalities and alterations that are associated with anorexia nervosa (AN). We performed a scoping review to map out the extent and nature of recent resear...

Authors: Tone Seim Fuglset, Nils Inge Landrø, Deborah Lynn Reas and Øyvind Rø

The measurement of media literacy in eating disorder risk factor research: psychometric properties of six measures

Evaluation of media literacy-based interventions for the prevention of eating disorder risk is limited by the lack of appropriate measures with established psychometric properties with which to assess change i...

Authors: Siân A. McLean, Susan J. Paxton and Eleanor H. Wertheim

Weight bias: a call to action

Weight-related issues (including excess weight, disordered eating and body concerns) are often considered as comprising distinct domains of ‘obesity’ and ‘eating disorders’. In this commentary we argue that th...

Authors: Angela S. Alberga, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Kristin M. von Ranson and Lindsay McLaren

Typical patterns of disordered eating among Swedish adolescents: associations with emotion dysregulation, depression, and self-esteem

Using the person-oriented approach, we determined the relationships between four indicators (restraint and eating, shape, and weight concerns) of disordered eating (DE), as measured by the self-reported Eating...

Authors: Erika Hansson, Daiva Daukantaitė and Per Johnsson

Do dysfunctional coping modes mediate the relationship between perceived parenting style and disordered eating behaviours?

Preliminary studies suggest that both childhood experiences and coping behaviours may be linked to eating disorder symptoms.

Authors: Jessica M. Brown, Stephanie Selth, Alexander Stretton and Susan Simpson

Adult picky eaters with symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: comparable distress and comorbidity but different eating behaviors compared to those with disordered eating symptoms

One presentation of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is characterized by picky eating, i.e., selective eating based on the sensory properties of food. The present study has two aims. The first...

Authors: Hana F. Zickgraf, Martin E. Franklin and Paul Rozin

Binge eating, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in participants of the ELSA-Brazil

This study investigates the relationship between recurrent binge eating episodes and nutritional and food profiles and lifestyle in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal da Saúd...

Authors: Thamyres Souza da Silva, Maria Del Carmen Bisi Molina, Maria Angélica Antunes Nunes, Carolina Perim de Faria and Nagela Valadão Cade

Case management at an outpatient unit for severe and enduring eating disorder patients at Stockholm Centre for Eating Disorders– a study protocol

Patients with severe and enduring eating disorders (SEED) are seriously ill and have a low quality of life. Case management (CM), originally developed for adult patients with severe mental disabilities, has be...

Authors: M. Molin, Y. von Hausswolff-Juhlin, C. Norring, L. Hagberg and S. A. Gustafsson

Chew and Spit (CHSP): a systematic review

This systematic review is an evaluation of the empirical literature relating to the disordered eating behaviour Chew and Spit (CHSP). Current theories postulate that CHSP is a symptom exhibited by individuals ...

Authors: Phillip Aouad, Phillipa Hay, Nerissa Soh and Stephen Touyz

The Compulsive Exercise Test: confirmatory factor analysis and links with eating psychopathology among women with clinical eating disorders

This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) among an adult sample of patients with eating disorders.

Authors: Caroline Meyer, Carolyn R. Plateau, Lorin Taranis, Nicola Brewin, Jackie Wales and Jon Arcelus

The relation of weight suppression and BMIz to bulimic symptoms in youth with bulimia nervosa

Weight suppression (WS), which is the difference between a patient’s highest and current weight, has been associated with bulimic symptom severity in adults with bulimia nervosa (BN). However, the impact of WS...

Authors: Erin C. Accurso, Jocelyn Lebow, Stuart B. Murray, Andrea E. Kass and Daniel Le Grange

How well does Anorexia Nervosa fit with personal values? An exploratory study

Despite an increasing clinical interest in the use of personal values as a motivational tool in psychological therapies for Anorexia Nervosa (AN), research is limited. This study explored personal values among...

Authors: Úna Mulkerrin, Bryony Bamford and Lucy Serpell

Neurobiological model of the persistence of anorexia nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is characterized by the maintenance of an undernourished, or starved, state. Persistent restrictive eating, or the recurrent intake of a diet that is inadequate to sustain a healthy weigh...

Authors: Joanna E. Steinglass and B. Timothy Walsh

Factors impacting treatment and recovery in Anorexia Nervosa: qualitative findings from an online questionnaire

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterised by restriction of energy intake, fear of gaining weight and severe disturbances in weight or shape. Recovery from AN is a complicated and often multifaceted experience th...

Authors: Sarah Fogarty and Lucie M. Ramjan

Emotion regulation difficulties in anorexia nervosa: associations with improvements in eating psychopathology

Difficulties with emotion regulation have been established as a core deficit in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, limited research has evaluated whether weight gain is associated with improvements in emotion reg...

Authors: Marsha Rowsell, Danielle E. MacDonald and Jacqueline C. Carter

Erratum to: Orthorexia nervosa and self-attitudinal aspects of body image in female and male university students

Authors: Anna Brytek-Matera, Lorenzo Maria Donini, Magdalena Krupa, Eleonora Poggiogalle and Phillipa Hay

Do female dieters have an “eating disorder” self-schema?

The processing of schema-related information is important in the maintenance of specific eating disorder (ED)-related belief systems and psychopathology. To date, most research on differences in the processing...

Authors: Sarah Greer and Myra Cooper

Dimensions of control and their relation to disordered eating behaviours and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Issues of personal control have been proposed to play a central role in the aetiology and maintenance of eating disorders. Empirical evidence supporting this relationship is inconsistent, partly due to the mul...

Authors: Franzisca V. Froreich, Lenny R. Vartanian, Jessica R. Grisham and Stephen W. Touyz

Predictors of therapeutic alliance in two treatments for adults with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa

Therapeutic alliance (TA) has been found to be a significant predictor of outcome for patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa (SE-AN), accounting for more variance than treatment type. To better und...

Authors: Colleen Stiles-Shields, Bryony H. Bamford, Stephen Touyz, Daniel Le Grange, Phillipa Hay and Hubert Lacey

Book review: Helping people with eating disorders: a clinical guide to assessment and treatment (Second Ed)

ISBN: 978-1-118-60668-1, 304 pages, June 2014, Wiley-Blackwell

Authors: Josie Geller

Socio-cultural context of eating disorders in Poland

The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between sociocultural factors and clinical eating disorders during the intensive process of Westernisation in Poland that occurred after 1989. The study po...

Authors: Maciej Wojciech Pilecki, Kinga Sałapa and Barbara Józefik

Editorial: globalisation and the journal of eating disorders

Authors: Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz

Improving the post-meal experience of hospitalised patients with eating disorders using visuospatial, verbal and somatic activities

This study compares the effects of different cognitive tasks on post-meal negative affect, positive affect, intrusive thoughts and intrusive images of hospitalised patients with eating disorders.

Authors: Emily Griffiths, Nicholas Hawkes, Sam Gilbert and Lucy Serpell

Erratum to: Evaluation of an online training program in eating disorders for health professionals in Australia

Authors: Rachel S. Brownlow, Sarah Maguire, Adrienne O’Dell, Catia Dias-da-Costa, Stephen Touyz and Janice Russell

Impact of female adult eating disorder inpatients’ attitudes to compulsive exercise on outcome at discharge and follow-up

The link between compulsive exercise and eating disorders is well known, but research with clinical samples has been limited. The purpose of the study was to investigate changes in attitudes towards compulsive...

Authors: Marit Danielsen, Øyvind Rø, Ulla Romild and Sigrid Bjørnelv

‘Feelings stronger than reason’: conflicting experiences of exercise in women with anorexia nervosa

Individuals with anorexia nervosa frequently feel ambivalent about treatment and weight restoration, and drop out and relapse rates in treatment are high. Increased insight into the function of the eating diso...

Authors: Liv-Jorunn Kolnes

Pro-eating disorder search patterns: the possible influence of celebrity eating disorder stories in the media

Pro eating disorder websites often contain celebrity-focused content (e.g., images) used as thinspiration to engage in unhealthy eating disorder behaviours. The current study was conducted to examine whether news...

Authors: Stephen P. Lewis, Laura Klauninger and Ivana Marcincinova