ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2025
Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Varies at the Intersection of Gender Identity and Race/Ethnicity.
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- Intersectionality-informed eating pathology research: A scoping review.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
- Association between multiple discrimination experiences and disordered eating behavior among Brazilian university students.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Assessing intersectional disparities in obesity among Brazilian adults: a MAIHDA approach.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Exposure to Online Harassment and Disordered Eating in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Childhood trauma and disordered eating behaviors in youth: examining individual types, cumulative numbers, and latent patterns.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Assessing the joint effects of education, economic status, empowerment, and employment (4Es) disparities on the co-coverage of maternal, newborn and child health care services in sub-Saharan Africa: an application of the intersectionality approach.Journal of global health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivePrior work has documented inequities in disordered eating behavior (DEB) prevalence across gender identity, race, and ethnicity, yet has often ignored the fact that individuals belong to multiple social groups simultaneously. The present study assessed DEB inequities at the intersection of gender identity and race/ethnicity.
methodThe sample included n = 10,287 adolescents (68% gender-diverse, 33% belonging to marginalized racial/ethnic groups). Past-year prevalence of dietary restriction, self-induced vomiting, diet pill use, and binge eating was assessed. Data were analyzed with multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). MAIHDA nests individuals within social strata defined by all combinations of gender identity and race/ethnicity (a proxy for exposure to structural (cis)sexism and racism). MAIHDA allows for comparison of outcome prevalence across strata and identifies strata with disproportionately high or low prevalence.
resultsHispanic gender-nonconforming youth had a high prevalence of multiple DEBs: restricting prevalence was 67.1% (95% CI [62.1%-72.2%]), vomiting prevalence was 25.9% (95% CI [21.6%-31.0%]), and binge eating prevalence was 46.0% (95% CI [40.2%-51.4%]). For all outcomes, at least one stratum had disproportionately low prevalence; for all outcomes except vomiting, at least one stratum had disproportionately high prevalence, indicative of intersectional interactions between gender identity and race/ethnicity. DISCUSSION: DEB prevalence among adolescents varies substantially at the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity, with the highest prevalence among those belonging to multiple marginalized groups. Future research is needed on the multilevel drivers of DEBs.
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