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ReviewEating behaviors2025

Disabilities and eating disorders: A theoretical model and call for research.

Molly Fennig Steinhoff, Phaedra Longhurst, Lindsay Gillikin, M Ariel Cascio, C Blair Burnette, Kirsten Gilbert, Samantha L Hahn

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Review in Eating behaviors, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Molly Fennig SteinhoffDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: fennig.m@wustl.edu.
Phaedra LonghurstSchool of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, East Anglia, UK.
Lindsay GillikinDepartment of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
M Ariel CascioCenter for Bioethics and Social Justice & Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
C Blair BurnetteDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Kirsten GilbertDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Samantha L HahnCollege of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA.

Funding

WUSTL Transdisciplinary Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Program in Obesity and Cardiovascular DiseaseT32HL130357 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WILFLEY, DENISE ELLA · 2016 to 2025
$4.3M
Neural and behavioral trajectories of the overcontrolled phenotype: Associations with development, social context and psychiatric symptoms in early childhoodR01MH126984 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kirsten Gilbert · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL130357NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH126984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThere is an urgent need for research on eating disorders among individuals with disabilities. This paper highlights the lack of research on the relationships between disabilities and EDs, despite their common convergence.

methodIn this paper, we aim to 1) highlight the need for further research investigating the relationships between disability status and EDs, 2) describe existing frameworks for conceptualizing disability, 3) utilize such frameworks to propose a novel theoretical model of ED/disability relationships and related sociocultural factors and 4) identify future directions for research in this area.

resultsWe propose a multidimensional theoretical model of the relationships between EDs and disabilities. Further, we describe how these relationships are likely influenced by a system of individual factors (e.g., disability (in)visibility, food access, and self-identification) and sociocultural factors (e.g., ableism/discrimination and weight stigma). DISCUSSION: Scholars are encouraged to test our proposed model and further investigate experiences of disability and ED co-occurrence with participatory research and mixed-methods designs. ED prevention and screening programs, as well as treatment access and efficacy, need to be evaluated for disabled populations. Disability should also be routinely collected as a demographic across studies, and ED measures should be validated and/or developed for individuals with disabilities.

Indexed as

Feeding and Eating DisordersModels, TheoreticalPersons with DisabilitiesHumansSocial StigmaCall for researchDisabilityEating disordersTheoretical model

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PMID39923465
PMCPMC12880730

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