ReviewAdolescent health, medicine and therapeutics2018
Eating disorders in adolescent and young adult males: prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment strategies.
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- The Prevalence of Impulse Control Disorders and Behavioral Addictions in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Body Image, Food Consumption and Physical Activity Associated With Weight Control Behaviours in Adolescents.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Eating Disorder in a 17-Year-Old Male in a Limited Resource Environment: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Measuring shame in eating disorders: confirmatory factor analyses and psychometric properties of a new internal and external shame scale.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Improving capacity and flow in a children and young people's Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS): how a quality improvement initiative led to a reduction in waiting times in the service.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-modal decision-making tool (FREED-M) to improve help-seeking.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Gender stereotypes in eating disorder recognition.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- EDIFY (Eating Disorders: Delineating Illness and Recovery Trajectories to Inform Personalised Prevention and Early Intervention in Young People): project outline.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Review
- Personality Traits and Risk of Eating Disorders in Men: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The social epidemiology of binge-eating disorder and behaviors in early adolescents.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Psychological features in male and female adolescents with eating disorders: is it the same condition?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Observational
- Endocrine Health and Health Care Disparities in the Pediatric and Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Study on Young Men's Experiences of Intentional Weight-Gain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Practical Considerations for Using the Eating Disorder Examination Interview with Adolescents.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Review
- Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescent Males: A Peculiar Psychopathological Profile.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparison of eating disorders symptoms and body image between individual and team sport adolescent athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Potential Triggers for Risking the Development of Eating Disorders in Non-Clinical Higher-Education Students in Emerging Adulthood.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Examination of Self-Esteem, Body Image, Eating Attitudes and Cardiorespiratory Performance in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Gender differences in symptom presentation and treatment outcome in children and youths with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Detection, treatment, and course of eating disorders in Finland: A population-based study of adolescent and young adult females and males.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
Males have largely been underrepresented in the eating disorder (ED) peer-reviewed literature. The current review paper examines prevalence rates, ED symptom presentation, and assessment and treatment strategies relevant to adolescent and young adult males. Adolescent and young adult males often report a greater desire to be bigger and more muscular compared to their female counterparts. Due to concerns that contemporary ED assessment tools are over reliant on items that evaluate stereotypically feminine indicators of ED pathology, male-specific ED measures, such as the Eating Disorder Assessment for Men, have been developed. Further validation work is necessary to establish the psychometric properties of these male-specific measures, particularly in adolescent male populations. Attention to a heightened prevalence of comorbid substance abuse disorders and the role that competitive sports play in perpetuating ED pathology are two factors that have been identified as important in the treatment of adolescent and young adult males with EDs.
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