SynthesisNutrients2014
Anorexia nervosa and body fat distribution: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Body composition in anorexia nervosa: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.The International journal of eating disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Are Personality Characteristics as Measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) Associated with Obesity Treatment Outcomes? A Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2018Pooled it
- Baseline phase angle is associated with morphofunctional status, length of stay, and hospitalization costs in severe anorexia nervosa: the EDIGRA study.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Anorexia nervosa symptoms are induced after specific gut microbiota dysbiosis transfer in germ-free mice.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Sphingolipidomic Profile in Women with Anorexia Nervosa: Relationships with Parameters Related to Body Composition, Cardiovascular Function, Glucometabolic Homeostasis, and Lipoprotein Metabolism.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Investigating fecal microbiota transplants from individuals with anorexia nervosa in antibiotic-treated mice using a cross-over study design.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Article
- The Influence of the Sympathetic Nervous System on Cardiometabolic Health in Response to Weight Gain or Weight Loss.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Autoantibodies, Oxidative Stress, and Nutritional State in Anorexia Nervosa.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Observational
- Similarities and differences regarding acute anorexia nervosa and semi-starvation: does behavioral thermoregulation play a central role?Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Virtual Reality Exposure to a Healthy Weight Body Is a Promising Adjunct Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2023Article
- Associations between bone mineral density, body composition and amenorrhoea in females with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Review
- Body composition and energy expenditure in anorexia nervosa: preliminary data of outpatients with recovering and active disease.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Comparison of Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in the Assessment of Body Composition in Women with Anorexia Nervosa upon Admission and Discharge from an Inpatient Specialist Unit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Developmental Considerations for the Use of Naltrexone in Children and Adolescents.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2021Article
- Chronic stress and adipose tissue in the anorexic state: endocrine and epigenetic mechanisms.Adipocyte · 2020Review
- Validity of Bioimpedance Equations to Evaluate Fat-Free Mass and Muscle Mass in Severely Malnourished Anorectic Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Increased Adiposity and Reduced Lean Body Mass in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020Article
- Differential glucose metabolism in weight restored women with anorexia nervosa.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The aim of this paper was to conduct a systematic review of body fat distribution before and after partial and complete weight restoration in individuals with anorexia nervosa. Literature searches, study selection, method development and quality appraisal were performed independently by two authors, and data was synthesized using a narrative approach. Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria and were consequently analyzed. The review had five main findings. First, during anorexia nervosa adolescent females lose more central body fat, while adult females more peripheral fat. Second, partial weight restoration leads to greater fat mass deposition in the trunk region than other body regions in adolescent females. Third, after short-term weight restoration, whether partial or complete, adults show a central adiposity phenotype with respect to healthy age-matched controls. Fourth, central fat distribution is associated with increased insulin resistance, but does not adversely affect eating disorder psychopathology or cause psychological distress in female adults. Fifth, the abnormal central fat distribution seems to normalize after long-term maintenance of complete weight restoration, indicating that preferential central distribution of body fat is a transitory phenomenon. However, a discrepancy in the findings has been noted, especially between adolescents and adults; besides age and gender, these appear to be related to differences in the methodology and time of body composition assessments. The PROSPERO Registry-Anorexia Nervosa and Body Fat Distribution: A Systematic Review (CRD42014008738).
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.