ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2018
Sexual orientation disparities in eating disorder symptoms among adolescent boys and girls in the UK.
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- A systematic review of sociodemographic reporting and representation in eating disorder psychotherapy treatment trials in the United States.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Paradoxical Obesity and Overweight Disparities Among Sexual Minority Men: A Meta-Analysis.American journal of men's healthPooled it
- Sexual orientation, gender identity and cardiometabolic risk: a narrative review.Diabetologia · 2025Review
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- Prevalence of disordered eating behaviors varies at the intersection of gender identity and sexual orientation among sexual and gender minority youth.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among first-year university students in Sweden: Prevalence and risk factors.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Gender-Affirming Nutrition: An Overview of Eating Disorders in the Transgender Population.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
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- The social epidemiology of binge-eating disorder and behaviors in early adolescents.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Co-producing principles to guide health research: an illustrative case study from an eating disorder research clinic.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Article
- Association between dating app use and unhealthy weight control behaviors and muscle enhancing behaviors in sexual minority men: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Gender and sex in eating disorders: A narrative review of the current state of knowledge, research gaps, and recommendations.Brain and behavior · 2023Review
- 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
- Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents.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
- Anonymous Online Survey on Disordered Eating, Drive for Muscularity, Sexual Orientation, and Satisfaction with Life in Young Swedish Males.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Prospective Associations Between Driven Exercise and Other Eating Disorder Behaviors in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Much of the research on sexual orientation disparities in eating disorder behaviors has been conducted in the USA, Canada, and Australia. Data on the associations of sexual orientation and eating disorder symptoms among adolescents in the UK are lacking. Participants were children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a youth cohort born 1991-1992 (n = 5048; 53% female; 12% sexual minority). Sexual orientation was assessed at 16 years. Eating disorder symptoms were assessed at 14 and 16 years. Multivariable regression models (adjusting for BMI, ethnicity, socioeconomic status) examined associations between sexual orientation and (1) odds of past-year purging and binge eating, and (2) mean differences in body dissatisfaction, pressure to increase muscularity (boys only), and Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire subscales. At age 14, gay and bisexual boys and mostly heterosexual girls reported greater body dissatisfaction than their same-gender heterosexual peers. All sexual minority boys and mostly heterosexual girls reported greater mean dysfunctional eating behaviors than their same-gender heterosexual peers. At age 16, gay and bisexual boys had 12.5 times the odds of heterosexual boys of binge eating; mostly heterosexual boys had over three times the odds of reporting binge eating. Sexual minority girls had over twice the odds of heterosexual girls of purging and binge eating. By mid-adolescence, sexual minority youth in the UK had elevated risk for eating disorder symptoms, suggesting the need for early prevention efforts.
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