ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2019
Relationship between disordered eating and self-identified sexual minority youth in a sample of public high school adolescents.
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- The Social, Behavioral, and Psychological Predictors of Young Women's Food Choices: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Eating disorders in sexual minority adolescents and young adults: examining clinical characteristics and psychiatric co-morbidities in an inpatient medical setting.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia-a rapid review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- The role of sexual orientation in the relationships between body perception, body weight dissatisfaction, physical comparison, and eating psychopathology in the cisgender population.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Emerging trends in eating disorders among sexual and gender minorities.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2020Review
- Eating disorders in adolescent boys and young men: an update.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors in the LGBT population: a review of the literature.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the relationship between selected disordered eating behaviors and self-reported sexual minority status (gay/lesbian, bisexual, and unsure) among a representative sample of high school adolescents.
methodsThe 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored Connecticut Youth Risk Behavior Survey was utilized (N = 2242). Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression analyses, separated by gender, examined sexual minority adolescents (gay/lesbian, bisexual, and unsure) and selected eating behaviors. Analyses adjusted for race, age, cigarette use, binge drinking, organized school activity participation, body mass index (BMI), and depression.
resultsGay males were significantly more likely to report exercising or eating less to lose weight in the unadjusted models (p < 0.05) and fasting, vomiting, and taking diet pills in both adjusted (p < 0.05) and unadjusted models (p < 0.01) when compared to the referent heterosexual males. Bisexual females were significantly more likely to report fasting, vomiting, and taking diet pills in the unadjusted model (p < 0.05) when compared to the referent heterosexual females and significantly less likely to report exercising or eating less to lose weight in the adjusted models (p < 0.05).
conclusionsAlthough additional studies are needed owing to small sample sizes, preliminary findings support previous research suggesting that high school-aged sexual minority youth subgroups are a priority target population for increased efforts to prevent disordered eating.
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