ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2018
Weight suppression and weight elevation are associated with eating disorder symptomatology in women age 50 and older: Results of the gender and body image study.
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- Examining weight suppression as a predictor and moderator of intervention outcomes in an eating disorder and obesity prevention trial: A replication and extension study.Behaviour research and therapy · 2021Trial
- Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviour in older adults: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- The association between cumulative adverse childhood experiences and ultra-processed food addiction is moderated by substance use disorder history among adults seeking outpatient nutrition counseling.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Body image and eating issues in midlife: A narrative review with clinical question recommendations.Maturitas · 2024Review
- Associations among weight suppression, self-acceptance, negative body image, and eating disorder behaviors among women with eating disorder symptoms.Women & health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with disordered eating behaviors and attitudes in older women.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, and Body Image in Midlife and Older Women.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Education, dissemination, and the science of eating disorders: Reflections on the 2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders: Editorial to accompany IJED Virtual Issue in honor of the 2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2019Article
- Dimensions within 24 weight history indices and their association with inpatient treatment outcome in adults with anorexia nervosa: analysis of routine data.Journal of eating disorders · 2019Article
- Weight Suppression in Eating Disorders: a Research and Conceptual Update.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveWeight suppression (WS), the difference between highest past non-pregnancy weight and current weight, predicts negative outcomes in eating disorders, but the impact of WS and related weight constructs are understudied in nonclinical, midlife populations. We examined WS (current weight < highest weight) and weight elevation (WE), the opposite of WS (current weight > lowest weight) and their associations with eating psychopathology in women aged 50+.
methodParticipants were a community-based sample (N = 1,776, M
resultsIndividuals that were higher on WS and WE were most likely to engage in current weight loss attempts, dieting in the past 5 years, and extreme lifetime restriction. Individuals with higher WS were more likely to experience binge eating, greater frequency of weight checking, overvaluation of shape and weight, and lifetime fasting. Individuals with higher WE were more likely to report negative life impacts of eating and dieting. Higher WS and WE each predicted higher levels of skipping meals over the lifetime. DISCUSSION: This novel study investigated WS in midlife women and introduced a new conceptualization of weight change (WE) that may be more relevant for aging populations given that women tend to gain weight with age. The findings implicate the utility of investigating both WS and WE as factors associated with eating psychopathology in midlife women.
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