Journal article
Weight Suppression in Eating Disorders: a Research and Conceptual Update
Current psychiatry reports, v 20(10)
28 Aug 2018
PMID: 30155651
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Abstract
Weight suppression, the discrepancy between an individual's highest past weight at adult height and his or her current weight, is related to many characteristics of individuals with eating disorders. This paper reviews research findings from the past 5 years, draws several implications regarding the mechanism underlying these effects, and proposes new approaches to measuring weight suppression.
Studies were reviewed under the categories of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and mixed or miscellaneous samples, with more studies falling into the last category than in the first two. Recent findings have continued to show that weight suppression is related to a wide variety of biological and behavioral features in both diagnosed and sub-clinical samples. Weight suppression promotes weight gain which is anathema to individuals with eating disorders, putting them in a biobehavioral bind that appears to prolong their disorder. Priorities for future research are to understand the mechanisms underlying the effects of weight suppression, evaluate new ways of defining weight suppression, and study its implications for modifying treatment.
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- Title
- Weight Suppression in Eating Disorders: a Research and Conceptual Update
- Creators
- Michael R Lowe - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Room 119, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. lowe@drexel.eduAmani D Piers - Drexel University, Philadelphia, USALeora Benson - Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
- Publication Details
- Current psychiatry reports, v 20(10)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature; United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000443066300009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85052368547
- Other Identifier
- 991014877704604721
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