SynthesisEating and weight disorders : EWD2024
Factors predicting long-term weight maintenance in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review.
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- Optimal predictors of weight, weight loss, and weight gain following hospitalization for anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa in adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Illness severity, treatment motivation and personality as predictors for the treatment outcome in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 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
- A Non-Randomized Comparison of the Addition of New Maudsley Model Workshops for Parents of Adult Women Receiving Multidisciplinary Care for Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Predicting anorexia nervosa treatment efficacy: an explainable machine learning approach.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Harnessing precision nutrition to individualize weight restoration in anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- Autoantibodies, Oxidative Stress, and Nutritional State in Anorexia Nervosa.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
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Abstract
purposeEating disorder recovery is a poorly defined concept, with large variations among researchers' definitions. Weight maintenance is a key aspect of recovery that remains relatively underexplored in the literature. Understanding the role of weight maintenance may help guide the development of treatments. This paper aims to address this by (1) investigating the factors predicting long-term weight maintenance in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients; (2) exploring differences in predictive factors between adolescent and adult populations; and (3) exploring how weight maintenance is conceptualised in the literature.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines to address our research questions. Five databases were searched and filtered according to our exclusion criteria.
resultsFrom the search, 1059 studies were yielded, and 13 studies were included for review. A range of weight, biological and psychological factors were found to predict weight maintenance among these papers. BMI at admission and discharge from inpatient treatment was the most common predictor among the papers. Few studies investigated biological factors and mixed evidence was found for psychological factors. We found no observable differences between adult and adolescent populations. Finally, weight maintenance was defined and measured differently across studies.
conclusionThis review's findings can help contribute to a well-rounded understanding of weight maintenance, and ultimately, of recovery. This can help support clinicians in tailoring interventions to improve long-term outcomes in AN. Future research should aim to replicate studies to better understand the relationship between the factors identified and weight maintenance. LEVEL I: Systematic review.
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