ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2018
Weight Suppression in Eating Disorders: a Research and Conceptual Update.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mortality in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Does Body Mass Index Confer Risk for Future Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors? A Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Current obesity reports · 2022Pooled it
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of transdiagnostic network-informed personalized treatment for eating disorders versus enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Trial
- Weight suppression and weight maintenance following treatment of anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2020Trial
- Weight Suppression, Brain Reward Response to Food Cues, and Bulimic Behaviours: A Pilot fMRI Study.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Optimal predictors of weight, weight loss, and weight gain following hospitalization for anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa in adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychopathology in Adults with Co-Occurring Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and Higher Weight.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Article
- Delivering Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-T) for Eating Disorders: Examining Real-World Outcomes of a Large-Scale Training Program.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Weight Suppression and Risk for Childhood Psychiatric Disorders.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Preliminary validation of developmental weight suppression in youth with transdiagnostic eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Test of a biobehavioral model linking weight suppression to binge-eating severity via leptin and glucagon-like peptide 1 in bulimia nervosa and related syndromes in women.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Why are so many individuals with bulimia nervosa low in weight suppression?Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Weight Stigma in the Development, Maintenance, and Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Case Series Informing Implications for Research and Practice.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- TeenGrowth: Individualized Estimations of Weight-Related Risk and Recovery Metrics for Young People With Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- 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
- Understanding Bone Density Loss in Eating Disorders: Contributions of Weight Suppression and Speed of Weight Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Weight History Correlates of Resting Energy Expenditure in Women With Bulimia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Physiological, body composition, and body mass measures show that a developmental measure of weight suppression is more valid than the traditional measure.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Integrating "Lumpers" versus "Splitters" Perspectives: Toward a Hierarchical Dimensional Taxonomy of Eating Disorders from Clinician Ratings.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Naturalistic symptom trajectories of atypical anorexia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa in a prospective cohort study of United States college students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWeight suppression, the discrepancy between an individual's highest past weight at adult height and his or her current weight, is related to many characteristics of individuals with eating disorders. This paper reviews research findings from the past 5 years, draws several implications regarding the mechanism underlying these effects, and proposes new approaches to measuring weight suppression. RECENT
findingsStudies were reviewed under the categories of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and mixed or miscellaneous samples, with more studies falling into the last category than in the first two. Recent findings have continued to show that weight suppression is related to a wide variety of biological and behavioral features in both diagnosed and sub-clinical samples. Weight suppression promotes weight gain which is anathema to individuals with eating disorders, putting them in a biobehavioral bind that appears to prolong their disorder. Priorities for future research are to understand the mechanisms underlying the effects of weight suppression, evaluate new ways of defining weight suppression, and study its implications for modifying treatment.
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