Journal article
Elevated pre-morbid weights in bulimic individuals are usually surpassed post-morbidly: implications for perpetuation of the disorder
The International journal of eating disorders, v 45(4), pp 512-523
May 2012
PMID: 22271593
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Abstract
To determine how often patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa (BN) surpass their highest pre-morbid weight during the course of their disorder.
The weight histories of individuals with BN were determined using retrospective weight data (Study 1) and combined retrospective/prospective data (Study 2).
Retrospective analyses indicated that 59.0% (n = 46) and 61.8% (n = 110), respectively, reported that their highest weight was reached after developing BN. In Study 2, 35.3% of participants superseded their highest pre-enrollment weights during 8 years of follow-up, and 71.6% reached a post-morbid highest weight before remission. Across studies, the primary difference between patients who did and did not reach their highest weight post-morbidly was that those who did had an earlier age of onset and longer duration of BN.
Findings are discussed in terms of possible links between BN and weight-gain proneness, weight fluctuation across the course of BN, and implications for treating BN.
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- Title
- Elevated pre-morbid weights in bulimic individuals are usually surpassed post-morbidly: implications for perpetuation of the disorder
- Creators
- Jena A Shaw - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USADavid B HerzogVicki L ClarkLaura A BernerKamryn T EddyDebra L FrankoMichael R Lowe
- Publication Details
- The International journal of eating disorders, v 45(4), pp 512-523
- Publisher
- Wiley; United States
- Grant note
- R34 MH071691-01A1 / NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH071691 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH038333 / NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH071691-03 / NIMH NIH HHS 5R01 MH 38333 05 / NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH 071691 / NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH071691-02 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000302546500005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84859719755
- Other Identifier
- 991014878113004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psychology, Clinical