Disordered eating, body image dissatisfaction, and associated healthcare utilization patterns for sexual minority youth
Journal of Adolescent Health Jun 01, 2021
Parmar DD, Alabaster A, Vance S, et al. - This study was intended to ascertain the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and body image dissatisfaction (BID) according to sexual minority youth (SMY) status and describe healthcare utilization patterns by SMY status. Researchers used retrospective data from 107,528 adolescents, who had a Well Check-in Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2016, to correlate DEB and BID by SMY status. The relationships of SMY, birth-assigned gender, age, race/ethnicity, and body mass index on DEB and BID were explored by using multivariate logistic models. It was shown that SMY had elevated rates of DEB and BID but had underutilization of specialized eating disorder (ED) mental health services. The results showed additional targeted efforts to prevent eating disorder-related mortality and morbidity for SMY should include targeted eating disorder screening and referral to specialized ED medical and mental health services.
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