Eating Disorders

Jan 20, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Fiona Duffy |NHS Lothian Child |Eating Disorders |Imogen Peebles

FT-ED clinicians highlighted a number of unique considerations when delivering this modality to Autistic young people, including the increased prevalence of neurodivergence within families and risk of missattunement within the systemic context. FT-ED clinicians highlighted the late identification of autism in young people presenting to eating disorder services and the added complexity of differentiating between Autistic traits and an eating disorder.

Dec 3, 2024 | bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com | Eating Disorders

This study used an observational design and was conducted at the One-stop center for FED of the Unit of Psychiatry of the University Hospital of Udine, Italy. All consecutively assessed patients went through eligibility screening to participate in the study. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (i) diagnosis of a FED in adults according to DSM-5 criteria [17]; and (ii) inclusion in a standardized psychodiagnostic procedure following the agreement of a multidisciplinary team.

Oct 7, 2024 | bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com | Eating Disorders

The scale development process followed the COSMIN methodology for assessing content validity of patient-reported outcome measures [48], with some modifications. Initial items were adapted from the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) Scale [47, 49], which is widely used and validated in 50 countries.

Jun 10, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Eating Disorders |Biomedical Informatics

Research has highlighted the potential adverse effects of weight bias internalization (WBI) on adolescents, but there has been little examination of WBI and sources of weight teasing (family, peers, or both) or across racial/ethnic diversity of adolescents. We aimed to examine the relationship between WBI and sources of weight teasing across sociodemographic characteristics and weight status in a diverse community sample of adolescents.

May 1, 2024 | medium.com | Eating Disorders

We all know (hopefully) that society encourages eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours. A lot of YouTubers and Tiktokers provide so-called healthy eating plans or “recovery” FDOEs (full day of eating) which sometimes include calorie counts as low as three digits. This trend is based on the dieting mindset of the 1980s and 1990s, but has taken it to a new level. It suggests to young kids and even older people who are impressionable, that if you eat more than that, you are eating too much.