ReviewJournal of eating disorders2023
Eating disorder symptomatology among transgender individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The global prevalence of eating disorders in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Relationship between Food Habits, Nutritional Status, and Hormone Therapy among Transgender Adults: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Non-interpersonal traumatic events in patients with eating disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Mental health disparities in LGBTQIA+ populations: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- Guilt Facets and Eating Disorder Psychopathology: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study Using the Moral Orientation Guilt Scale.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- A neurodevelopmental model of eating disorder risk in midlife to older adulthood.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026Review
- Psychometric Validation of the Turkish ORTO-11 and Psychological Correlates of Orthorexic Tendencies in Transgender Adults Before Gender-Affirming Treatment.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Famine, plague, and slaughters: The fleeing famine hypothesis of anorexia nervosa reconsidered.Psychological review · 2026Article
- "We might be making mistakes, but we're learning, we're trying, and we're listening": embedding qualitative methods within the plan-do-study-act cycle to support the development of a pilot multidisciplinary ARFID pathway.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Eating Disorders in Boys and Men: A Gender-Critical Narrative Review on Recognition, Stigma, and Treatment.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Geosocial networking apps and disordered eating among queer Asian American men: a serial mediation model of racial oppression.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Exploring the Intersection of Gender Identity and Eating Behaviours in Gender-Diverse Populations.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Establishing the measurement invariance of the Eating Disorder Inventory across Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic Black or African American, and non-Hispanic White adults.Psychological assessment · 2026Article
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- Eating behaviors in transmasculine and transfeminine adults assessed by the three factor eating questionnaire.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Overlooked and undertreated: gendered ageism in primary care management of eating disorders.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Seeing clearly: why gender and sexual diversity must remain in eating disorder science.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Review
- Exposure to Online Harassment and Disordered Eating in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Evaluating the muscularity-oriented eating test: Factor structure and psychometric properties among university athletes and across sexes.Eating behaviors · 2025Article
- Disordered eating in autistic trans and gender diverse people: a lived experience-led scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to synthesize the literature on eating disorders and eating disorder symptomatology among transgender individuals and to summarize the existing literature on gender-affirming treatment and the prevalence of eating disorder symptomatology.
methodThe literature search for this systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in PubMed, Embase.com, and Ovid APA PsycInfo. We searched for "eating disorders" and "transgender" using both controlled vocabularies and natural language terms for their synonyms. The PRISMA statement guidelines were followed. Quantitative data from studies on transgender individuals and eating disorders assessed with relevant assessment tools was included.
resultsTwenty-four studies were included for the qualitative synthesis, and 14 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The results revealed higher levels of eating disorder symptomatology among transgender individuals compared with cisgender individuals, especially cisgender men. Transgender men tend to display higher levels of eating disorder symptomatology than transgender women; however, transgender women seem to have higher levels of eating disorder symptomatology than cisgender men and, interestingly, this study also noted a trend toward transgender men having higher levels of eating disorders than cisgender women. Gender-affirming treatment seems to alleviate the presence of eating disorder symptomatology in transgender individuals. DISCUSSION: The body of research on this subject is extremely limited, and transgender individuals are underrepresented in the eating disorder literature. More research investigating eating disorders and eating disorder symptomatology in transgender individuals and the relationship between gender-affirming treatment and eating disorder symptomatology is needed.
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