Variability in eating disorder risk and diagnosis in transgender and gender diverse college students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine differences in elevated eating disorder risk and self-reported eating disorder diagnosis across subgroups of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) college students.

Methods

Data from 5057 TGD college students participating in the national Healthy Minds Study between 2014 and 2019 were analyzed. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses examined heterogeneity in prevalence and odds of elevated eating disorder risk, as measured by the SCOFF, and self-reported eating disorder diagnosis by gender, as well as by intersecting gender and sexual orientation identities.

Results

Genderqueer and/or non-conforming college students reported the highest prevalence of elevated eating disorder risk (38.8%) relative to gender expansive students. Genderqueer a

SUBMITTER: Simone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9167734 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature