OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Eating Behaviors is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	84
Food insecurity among youth seeking eating disorder treatment	58
Eating disorder-related functional impairment predicts greater depressive symptoms across one semester of college	45
Factor structure, group invariance, and concurrent validity of scores from the college eating and drinking behavior scale among U.S. college students	44
Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary cross-sectional study	43
Adding executive function training to cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial	42
Weight-inclusive, intuitive eating-based workplace wellness program associated with improvements in intuitive eating, eating disorder symptoms, internalized weight stigma, and diet quality	40
Motives and food craving: Associations with frequency of hyper-palatable food intake among college students	30
Coping in adolescents: A mediator between stress and disordered eating	25
“Healthier health in more ways than one”: Perspectives on a program for changing both smoking and obesity-related health behaviors	24
Diet pills and deception: A content analysis of weight-loss, muscle-building, and cleanse and detox supplements videos on TikTok	23
Longitudinal relationships between specific domains of interoception and muscle dysmorphia symptoms	20
Disordered eating and emotional eating in Arab, middle eastern, and north African American women	20
Implicit approach-avoidance bias for body and food-related stimuli among individuals with anorexia nervosa in partial remission	20
Evaluation of a combined, online intervention for binge-type eating disorders and high body weight in young adults	20
Beyond the screen: The relationships between online activities and eating disorder risk	20
Diseases of affluence? A systematic review of the literature on socioeconomic diversity in eating disorders	19
The association between eating disorders and perfectionism in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Negative affect and loss-of-control eating in relation to adiposity among non-Hispanic youth identifying as black or white	19
Consequences of positive vs. negative information concerning the amount of sugar consumption on appetite, mood, and visual food cue attention: Findings from two online interventions	18
Role of peer support on the cycle of weight teasing, psychological distress and disordered eating in Taiwanese adolescents: A moderated mediation analysis	18
The prevalence of hyperpalatable food intake among individuals with food addiction seeking bariatric surgery	18
Eating disorder pathology in a sample of midlife and older adults experiencing food insecurity	18
Clarifying the pathway from anxiety sensitivity to binge eating: The mediating role of depressive symptoms in a 3-week, 3-wave longitudinal study of undergraduates	17
Orthorexia symptoms and disordered eating behaviors in young women with cancer	17

Validation of the factor structure of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory in an international sample of sexual minority men	16
Atypical anorexia nervosa: Rethinking the association between target weight and rehospitalization	16
A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of eating disorders in liver transplanted patients with type 2 diabetes and/or overweight/obesity	16
The impact of trauma-related symptoms and neuroticism on compensatory behaviors in a sample of adults with eating disorders	15
Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Flexibility Index in U.S. nonclinical collegiate and clinical adolescent samples	15
The impact of social media use on body image and disordered eating behaviors: Content matters more than duration of exposure	14
Intuitive eating Scale-2: Factor structure and associations with disordered eating, impulsivity and quality of life in adolescents with overweight/obesity	14
Associations of adverse childhood events with disordered eating behaviors among US adolescents	13
Examining cognitive and behavioural symptoms across binge/purge profiles in adolescents with eating disorders	13
Introduction to the special issue on food insecurity and disordered eating	13
Examination of perfectionism and self-concept constructs across stages of eating disorder recovery in men: An exploratory study	13
Evaluation of the Chrononutrition Profile – Questionnaire in an online community sample of adults	13
Examining the associations of sexual minority stressors and past-year depression with overeating and binge eating in a diverse community sample of sexual minority women	13
The Positive Eating Scale: Associations with eating behavior, food choice, and body mass index	12
Disabilities and eating disorders: A theoretical model and call for research	12
Exploring the longitudinal association between stress and unhealthy eating behaviors: The role of physical activity, BMI, and loneliness	12
Impact of a digitally enabled, time-restricted eating weight management program, the Roczen program, on eating behaviors, depression symptoms and health related quality of life	11
Editorial Board	11
Comparing eating disorder examination questionnaire factor structures in veteran men and women	11
Effects of internet-delivered eating disorder prevention on reward-based eating drive: A randomized controlled trial	11
Parent childhood experiences, parenting strategies, and youth health-related outcomes in Hispanic families with unhealthy weight: An intergenerational study	10
Dieting and substance use among White and Black adolescent girls	10
How parent stress and COVID-19 impact on the family are associated with parental pressure to eat during COVID-19	10
‘Feeling fat’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the role of emotion dysregulation in the body displacement hypothesis	10
Measurement invariance of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) in adolescents and adults	10
Food for thought: Examining the relationship between low calorie density foods in Instagram feeds and disordered eating symptoms among undergraduate women	10
Social support across eating disorder diagnostic groups: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III)	10
Weight bias internalization, weight controllability beliefs, and probable eating disorder associations among medical students at a private university in the US	10
Gender similarities and differences in associations between weight discrimination, shape/weight concerns, and eating disorder symptoms among post-9/11 veterans	10
Effect of changes in children's bedtime and sleep period on targeted eating behaviors and timing of caloric intake	9
Prevalence and correlates of dry scooping: Results from the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors	9
Disordered eating among military adolescents presenting for annual health visits at a naval clinic	9
Preventing weight gain in adults who emotionally eat: An open pilot	9
#BoPo: Does viewing body positive TikTok content improve body satisfaction and mood?	9
Effects of a shared activities parenting intervention on weight outcomes in middle childhood: An exploratory study	9
Validation of the food craving acceptance and action questionnaire (FAAQ) in pregnancy	9
Negative emotion differentiation, but not gastric interoception, is linked to “feeling fat” among women with elevated eating pathology	9
Experiences of inpatient eating disorder admissions: A systematic review and meta-synthesis	9
Night eating, weight, and health behaviors in adults participating in the Daily24 study	9
Animal-assisted therapy in eating disorder treatment: A systematic review	9
Perceived effects of body positive social media content and correlations with trait body image	9
Childhood traumatic events and loss of control eating in pregnancy: Findings from a community sample of women with overweight and obesity	8
The relation of food insecurity to eating disorder characteristics and treatment-seeking among adult respondents to the National Eating Disorders Association online screen	8
The role of compulsive exercise in the relationship between perfectionism and eating disorder pathology in underweight adolescents with eating disorders	8
Associations among perceived taste and smell sensitivity, gastrointestinal symptoms, and restrictive eating in a community sample of adults	8
“If I start panicking over having enough, then I start eating too much”: Understanding the eating behaviors of SNAP recipients in larger bodies during COVID-19	8
Appearance comparison on Instagram: The impact of fitspiration and transformation imagery on young women's body satisfaction	8
Who is trying to lose weight? Trends and prevalence in past-year weight loss attempts among US adults 1999–2018 at the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, and weight status	8
Evaluation of the cognitive behavioural theory of eating disorders: A network analysis investigation	8
Longitudinal relationships between negative attitudes towards obesity and muscle dysmorphia symptoms	8

Affective responses to overeating episodes in women participating in a behavioral weight loss program	8
Associations between nutritional intake, stress and hunger biomarkers, and anxiety and depression during the treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents and young adults	8
Household food insecurity is associated with greater prevalence and 18-month incidence of a range of disordered eating behaviors in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of parents	7
Eating disorder behaviors and treatment seeking in self-identified military personnel and veterans: Results of the National Eating Disorders Association online screening	7
Longitudinal associations between weight stigma and disordered eating across the weight spectrum	7
Examining the proportions of food addiction among women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome who do and do not take hormonal birth control	7
Loss of control may uniquely predict negative affect among the disinhibited eating experiences of high-risk young men	7
Relations between forms of dietary restraint, restriction, and loss-of-control eating among adolescents seeking weight control: An ecological momentary assessment study	7
Body satisfaction and disordered eating among male collegiate athletes: From point-prevalence to prediction	7
Mealtime emotional climate and child health: A systematic review	7
Does fat talk affect relationship and sexual satisfaction?: Adults' perceptions of fat talk in a fictional romantic relationship	7
Associations between psychosis symptoms and eating disorders among a national sample of U.S. college students	7
Disordered eating during pregnancy among individuals participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)	7
Editorial Board	6
Eating disorders among an online sample of Canadian and American boys and men	6
Eating disorder presentations to a child and adolescent mental health service in the UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Using an app to count calories: Motives, perceptions, and connections to thinness- and muscularity-oriented disordered eating	6
Introduction to special issue	6
‘Fake’ Instagram use is associated with real differences in users' self-photo activities: An exploratory investigation considering body satisfaction	6
An 8-month longitudinal exploration of body image and disordered eating in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Associations between social media use, fitness- and weight-related online content, and use of legal appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances	6
Changes in eating and exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a community sample: A retrospective report	6
Typology of eating episodes in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity	6
Intuitive eating and its influence on self-reported weight and eating behaviors	6
Examining the impact of perceived weight discrimination on reported eating and exercise among White and Latino/a adults	6
Do premorbid weight parameters predict BMI 30 years after adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa?	6
Assessing hedonic hunger among Chinese adults using the Power of Food Scale: Psychometric properties and cross-cultural invariance between China and the US	6
Body dissatisfaction and ethnic identity are associated with loss of control eating among young adult African American men	6
Social media and eating disorder recovery: An exploration of Instagram recovery community users and their reasons for engagement	6
“Follow to actually heal binge eating”: A mixed methods textual content analysis of #BEDrecovery on TikTok	6
An empirical taxonomy of reward response patterns in a transdiagnostic eating disorder sample	6
Maternal perceived stress, household disorder, eating behaviors and adiposity of women and their children	6
Sexual victimization and disordered eating among community individuals: The influence of negative and positive emotion dysregulation	6
An investigation of the factor structure of a German version of the Eating Disorder Symptom Impact Scale (EDSIS) among parents of adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa	6
Psychometric properties of the eating disorder examination questionnaire: Factor analysis and measurement invariance by race/ethnicity and gender	6
Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and eating disorder symptoms among women veterans	6