ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders (EDs) lead to multiple psychiatric and somatic
complications and thus constitute a major public health concern. Objectives The aim of this …

Background: The best treatment options for binge-eating disorder are unclear. Purpose: To
summarize evidence about the benefits and harms of psychological and pharmacologic …

BACKGROUND: Little population-based data exist outside the United States on the
epidemiology of binge eating disorder (BED). Cross-national BED data are presented here …

Context Eating disorders are severe conditions, but little is known about the prevalence or
correlates of these disorders from population-based surveys of adolescents. Objectives To …

The stereotype that eating disorders (ED) primarily present among individuals of higher
socioeconomic status (SES) has long persisted in popular and professional perception. This …

Challenges to epidemiological studies of eating and related body image disturbance
disorders in males include, in addition to low base rates and the predominance of residual …

Objective: The study compared the prevalence, correlates of functional impairment, and
service utilization for eating disorders across Latinos, Asians, and African Americans living …

Objective To investigate, in a nationally representative sample of US adults, the prevalence
of help-seeking in individuals with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders …

Objectification theory asserts that self-objectification, which manifests as self-surveillance,
leads to increased body shame and subsequent eating pathology. Although evidence …

With its primary focus on the psychology of eating from a social, health, and clinical
perspective, the second edition of The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered …