ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022
BMI at Discharge from Treatment Predicts Relapse in Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Scoping Review.
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- The effect of physical activity on health outcomes in individuals with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Factors predicting long-term weight maintenance in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise therapy in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: Its effects depending on the type of physical exercise-A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Long-term follow-up study of low-weight avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and childhood-onset anorexia nervosa: comparison of autistic eating behaviours.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- High-Caloric Realimentation and Mental and Physical Well-Being in Patients With Extreme Anorexia Nervosa. A Prospective Study.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Bridging inpatient and community treatment: feasibility, acceptability, and short-term outcomes of step care, a virtual CBT-E pathway for adults with severe eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
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- The CORTEX Project: A Pre-Post Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of a Computerized Cognitive Remediation Therapy Program for Adult Inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Experiences of menstrual health and amenorrhoea in eating disorder inpatient units in England: a subgroup analysis from a lived experience led, qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Target weight at discharge for children receiving their first inpatient treatment for an eating disorder.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Harnessing precision nutrition to individualize weight restoration in anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- Estimating Treatment Goal Weights in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa: Comparison of the Median BMI and Historical BMI Percentile.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Long-Term Outcome and Mortality in Adolescent Girls 8 Years After Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Applying integrated enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (I-CBTE) to severe and longstanding eating disorders (SEED) Paper 2: An in-depth case study for clinicians.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Comparing hospitalized adult patients with chronic anorexia nervosa with versus without prior hospitalizations.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Two identical twin pairs discordant for longstanding anorexia nervosa and OSFED: lived experience accounts of eating disorder and recovery processes.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Energy expenditure during nutritional rehabilitation: a scoping review to investigate hypermetabolism in individuals with anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Valuing patient perspectives in the context of eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- The gut microbiome in anorexia nervosa.Nature microbiology · 2023Article
- Are the Effects of Malnutrition on the Gut Microbiota-Brain Axis the Core Pathologies of Anorexia Nervosa?Microorganisms · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundAnorexia nervosa (AN) has high rates of enduring disease and mortality. Currently, there is insufficient knowledge on the predictors of relapse after weight normalization and this is why a systematic literature review was performed.
methodsPubMed, EMBASE, PsychInfo, and Cochrane databases were searched for literature published until 13 July 2021. All study designs were eligible for inclusion if they focused on predictors of relapse after weight normalization in AN. Individual study definitions of relapse were used, and in general, this was either a drop in BMI and/or reccurrence of AN symptoms.
resultsThe database search identified 11,507 publications, leaving 9511 publications after the removal of duplicates and after a review of abstracts and titles; 191 were selected for full-text review. Nineteen publications met the criteria and included 1398 AN patients and 39 healthy controls (HC) from adults and adolescents (ages range 11-73 years). The majority used a prospective observational study design (12 studies), a few used a retrospective observational design (6 studies), and only one was a non-randomized control trial (NRCT). Sample sizes ranged from 16 to 191 participants. BMI or measures of body fat and leptin levels at discharge were the strongest predictors of relapse with an approximate relapse rate of 50% at 12 months. Other predictors included signs of eating disorder psychopathology at discharge.
conclusionsBMI at the end of treatment is a predictor of relapse in AN, which is why treatment should target a BMI well above 20. Together with the time to relapse, these outcomes are important to include in the evaluation of current and novel treatments in AN and for benchmarking.
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