Identifying Factors Which Influence Eating Disorder Risk during Behavioral Weight Management: A Consensus Study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to understand clinician, researcher and consumer views regarding factors which influence eating disorder (ED) risk during behavioral weight management, including individual risk factors, intervention strategies and delivery features. Eighty-seven participants were recruited internationally through professional and consumer organizations and social media and completed an online survey. Individual characteristics, intervention strategies (5-point scale) and delivery features (important/unimportant/unsure) were rated. Participants were mostly women (n = 81), aged 35-49 y, from Australia or United States, were clinicians and/or reported lived experience of overweight/obesity and/or ED. There was agreement (64% to 99%) that individual characteristics were relevant to ED risk, w

SUBMITTER: Jebeile H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10005214 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature