ArticleNutrients2021
Sharp Increase in Eating Disorders among University Students since the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review on the Prevalence and Risk of Orthorexia Nervosa in Health Workers and Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- The use and misuse of the SCOFF screening measure over two decades: a systematic literature review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Disordered eating behaviors, food insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate students in the United States: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Eating Disorder Risk Among Italian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Screening Study Using BMI, EAT-26, and EDE-Q 6.0.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Time to Address Eating Disorder Risk Among Medical Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with disordered eating behaviors, food addiction, and compulsive exercise among females studying clinical nutrition in Saudi Arabia.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The muscle dysmorphia-eating disorders link as a public health concern: an epidemiological study of symptom dimensions and social isolation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between restrained eating and physical activity among female university students: a cross-lagged study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating in Young Adults Aged 18-30: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Eating disorders and eco-anxiety: exploring mental health challenges in university students.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- "Prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders among Norwegian university students before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 and 202.: The SHoT study."Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Positive attitudes toward physical activity and eating disorders in university students: the moderating role of gender.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Student Mental Health: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version of the Eating Attitudes Test in University Students.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Californian Public University Students' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Barriers to Plant-Based Nutrition.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Eating disorders, body image dissatisfaction and their association with gluten-free diet adherence among patients with celiac disease.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Eating Disorders in University Students: The RUNEAT Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- COVID-19-Related Stressors and Psychophysical Health Conditions among Italian University Students: A Post Pandemic Insight.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A systematic review of COVID-19 and the presentation of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder-like symptoms.BJPsych open · 2024Review
- Walk-in mental health: Bridging barriers in a pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused stress as well as modified physical activity and eating habits among university students. The objectives were to identify the changes in body mass index (BMI) and eating disorders among university students between 2009 and 2021. Between 2009 and 2021, five repeated cross-sectional studies were conducted among university students who filled in an anonymous online self-questionnaire. Age, gender, and BMI were recorded, and the SCOFF questionnaire was used for ED screening which, in combination with BMI, allows to identify the four broad categories of ED with the Expali algorithm. With the five studies, 8981 university students were included in total. Obesity steadily increased between 2009 and 2021, for both men and women. The prevalence of ED was stable between 2009 and 2018 and significantly increased from 31.8% in 2018 to 51.8% in 2021 for women (
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.