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ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2023

A cotwin control study of associations between financial hardship and binge eating phenotypes during COVID-19.

Megan E Mikhail, Lindsay S Ackerman, Kristen M Culbert, S Alexandra Burt, Michael C Neale, Pamela K Keel, Debra K Katzman, Kelly L Klump

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Article in The International journal of eating disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Megan E MikhailDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9262-3683
Lindsay S AckermanDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Kristen M CulbertDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9139-6068
S Alexandra BurtDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Michael C NealeDepartments of Psychiatry, Human Genetics, and Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Pamela K KeelDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6542-5147
Debra K KatzmanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kelly L KlumpDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1790-9264
Michigan State University · USFlorida State University · USUniversity of Toronto · CAVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

A Twin Study of exogenous hormone exposure and risk for binge eatingR01MH111715 · NIMH · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KLUMP, KELLY L · 2017 to 2021
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH111715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 was associated with significant financial hardship and increased binge eating (BE). However, it is largely unknown whether financial stressors contributed to BE during the pandemic. We used a longitudinal, cotwin control design that controls for genetic/environmental confounds by comparing twins in the same family to examine whether financial hardship during COVID-19 was associated with BE.

methodsFemale twins (N = 158; M

resultsParticipants who experienced greater mean financial hardship across the study had significantly greater dimensional BE symptoms, and participants who experienced greater financial hardship on a given day reported significantly more emotional eating that day. These results were replicated in cotwin control analyses. Twins who experienced more financial hardship than their cotwin across the study reported greater dimensional BE symptoms than their cotwin, and participants who experienced more financial hardship than their cotwin on a given day reported greater emotional eating that day. Results were identical when restricting analyses to monozygotic twins, suggesting associations were not due to genetic confounds.

conclusionsResults suggest that BE-related symptoms may be elevated in women who experienced financial hardship during COVID-19 independent of potential genetic/environmental confounds. However, additional research in larger samples is needed. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE: Little is known regarding how financial difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to increased binge eating (BE). We found preliminary evidence that financial hardship during COVID-19 may be associated with greater rates of BE-related symptoms even when comparing twins from the same family. While additional research is needed, results suggest that people who experienced financial hardship during COVID-19 may be at increased risk for BE.

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Binge-Eating DisorderBulimiaCOVID-19FemaleFinancial StressHumansPandemicsPhenotypebinge eatingcotwin controlCOVID-19disadvantageemotional eatingfinanciallongitudinalsocioeconomic

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PMID36300949
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