ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2020
Disparities in eating disorder risk and diagnosis among sexual minority college students: Findings from the national Healthy Minds Study.
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- Mental health and body image among SGM youth engaged with a digital eating disorder intervention.Journal of LGBT youth · 2024Article
- Bias-based bullying, self-esteem, queer identity pride, and disordered eating behaviors among sexually and gender diverse adolescents.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Weight bias internalization is positively associated with insomnia symptom severity in young women with disordered eating.Sleep health · 2024Article
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- Investigating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q) among cisgender gay men and lesbian women from the United States.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- A pilot multiple-baseline study of a mobile cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of eating disorders in university students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Socioeconomic status and eating disorder prevalence: at the intersections of gender identity, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Exploring the effects of gender and sexual orientation on disordered eating: an EFA to CFA study of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Obesity in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: Prevalence and Correlates.Current obesity reports · 2023Review
- Internalization of muscularity and thinness ideals: Associations with body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and muscle dysmorphic symptoms in at risk sexual minority men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Disordered eating across COVID-19 in LGBTQ+ young adults.Eating behaviors · 2022Article
- Characterizing eating disorder diagnosis and related outcomes by sexual orientation and gender identity in a national sample of college students.Eating behaviors · 2021Article
- Eating-related pathology at the intersection of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and weight status: An intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) of the Growing Up Today Study cohorts.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine differences in eating disorder (ED) risk and diagnosis by sexual orientation in a national sample of college students.
methodData from 178 U.S. colleges and universities participating in the Healthy Minds Study between 2016 and 2019 were analyzed (36,691 cisgender men, 81,730 cisgender women; 15.7% self-identifying as sexual minorities). Outcomes were ED risk (≥2 on the SCOFF) and self-reported lifetime ED diagnosis. Prevalence estimates adjusted for demographics and weight status were computed via logistic regression.
resultsHigher proportions of questioning (29.1%), bisexual (26.3%), and gay men (30.9%) exhibited elevated risk than heterosexual men (14.3%), and a higher proportion of gay men exhibited elevated risk than bisexual men. Higher proportions of questioning (34.5%) and bisexual women (34.6%) exhibited elevated risk than heterosexual women (27.6%); proportions of lesbian (28.1%) and heterosexual women were similar. Among those with elevated risk, higher proportions of bisexual (5.0%) and gay men (7.1%) and of questioning (14.7%), bisexual (18.1%), and lesbian women (19.6%) had been diagnosed relative to heterosexual men (2.0%) and heterosexual women (10.3%), respectively. DISCUSSION: Questioning and bisexual individuals appear to be particularly vulnerable; they may experience elevated ED risk relative to their heterosexual peers yet underdiagnosis relative to their gay or lesbian peers.
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