ArticleObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025
Potential pathways to the onset and development of eating disorders in people with overweight and obesity: A scoping review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic mapping review of individual participant factors related to eating disorder risk collected in behavioural weight management trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of mindfulness-based digital health interventions on BMI and weight-related behaviours in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Review of the Use of Digital Therapeutics for Obesity Treatment: Toward a Psychological Phenotyping.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Sugar- and artificially sweetened beverages consumption, body weight, and eating disorders symptoms: findings from a Danish cohort from childhood to early adulthood.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- The Genetic Blueprint of Obesity: From Pathogenesis to Novel Therapies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
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- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Among Weight Stigma, Psychological Distress, and Eating Behaviors in Youth with Obesity: A Clinical Sample.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Potential pathways to the onset and development of eating disorders in people with overweight and obesity: A scoping review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe pathways to eating disorder (ED) development that have been evaluated in people with overweight and obesity.
methodsFour databases were searched to identify studies testing ED development models in adolescents (10-19 years) or adults (>19 years) with overweight and obesity. Explanatory variables were thematically grouped into constructs to describe pathways to each ED outcome.
resultsOf 2226 studies screened, 46 (10 adolescent; 36 adult) were included. Study samples were predominantly female, ranging from 22 to 2236 participants and mean age 12.3 to 56.0 years. In total, 207 explanatory variables were grouped into 18 constructs to summarize 107 pathways that were identified. The most common ED outcome was binge eating (n = 24 studies), followed by global ED psychopathology (n = 10 studies). Across pathways to ED development, negative affect was the most proposed construct, followed by preoccupation with weight/shape and weight stigma.
conclusionPathways to ED development in people with overweight and obesity are complex and may include more than 18 different explanatory factors of which negative affect, preoccupation with weight/shape, and weight stigma are the most common. More research on adolescents, males, and the spectrum of ED in diverse populations is required for early identification and intervention.
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