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The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT, EAT-26), created by David Garner, is a widely used 26-item, standardized self-reported questionnaire of symptoms and concerns characteristic of eating disorders. The EAT is useful in assessing "eating disorder risk" in high school, college and other special risk samples such as athletes. EAT has been extremely ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Mental illness characterized by abnormal eating habits that adversely affect health Medical condition Eating disorder Specialty Psychiatry, clinical psychology Symptoms Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health Complications Anxiety disorders, depression ...
Bulimia nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (eating large quantities of food in a short period of time, often feeling out of control) followed by compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting, excessive exercise, or fasting to prevent weight gain.
The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) is a self-report questionnaire that assesses the presence of three eating disorders; anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. It was adapted by Stice et al. in 2000 from the validated structured psychiatric interview: The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and the eating disorder ...
Although relatively uncommon, eating disorders can negatively affect menstruation, fertility, and maternal and fetal well-being. Among infertile women with amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea due to eating disorders, 58% had menstrual irregularities, according to preliminary research in 1990. [131]
Autism spectrum disorders occur more commonly among people with eating disorders than in the general population, [68] with about 30% of children and adults with AN likely having autism. [69] Zucker et al. (2007) proposed that conditions on the autism spectrum make up the cognitive endophenotype underlying anorexia nervosa and appealed for ...
This suggests that regardless of the type of eating disorder, individuals with eating disorders view food in similar ways and attitudes towards food. Focusing on obesity, it has been found that obese individuals have more negative attitudes towards high-fat foods than a normal weight control group. [ 20 ]
However, gender bias, stigma, and shame lead men to be underreported, underdiagnosed, and undertreated for eating disorders. [25] It has been found that clinicians are not well-trained and lack sufficient resources to treat men with eating disorders. [25] Due to these factors, research regarding eating disorders in men continues to be limited.