Weight discrimination and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence: a prospective cohort study
Results support a prospective relationship between perceived weight discrimination and ED symptoms in early adolescents, and the differential associations based on BMI percentile highlight the need for interventions that address weight stigma across the weight spectrum.
Authors
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Wesley R. Barnhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-5225)
- Fiona C. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-6165)
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Jinbo He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-9371)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
- Jason M. Lavender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-2280)
- Arianna S. Thompson
- Christiane K. Helmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2935-382X)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- SRI International (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Suffolk University (US)
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (CN)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Eating Disorders
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01404-w
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00