Eating Disorder Severity and Treatment Outcome Across Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Status: Intersectional Inequities in a Clinical Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Marginalized populations experience increased eating disorder (ED) risk and encounter significant barriers to treatment. Intersectionality provides a framework for understanding how systemic oppression contributes to inequities in EDs; however, intersectional approaches have yet to be applied to a clinical ED sample. The current study examined inequities in ED severity and treatment outcome across the intersections of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status (SES).

Methods

Adult women (N=3,016; M=27.2 years) with transdiagnostic EDs presenting to affiliated treatment sites across the United States completed the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) at admission and discharge. Race/ethnicity and sexual orientation were

SUBMITTER: Drury CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12258756 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature