Life beyond the eating disorder: Education, relationships, and reproduction

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the sociodemographic characteristics in women with and without lifetime eating disorders. METHOD: Participants were from a multisite international study of eating disorders (N = 2,096). Education level, relationship status, and reproductive status were examined across eati...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 2011-04, Vol.44 (3), p.225-232
Main Authors: Maxwell, Millie, Thornton, Laura M, Root, Tammy L, Pinheiro, Andrea Poyastro, Strober, Michael, Brandt, Harry, Crawford, Steve, Crow, Scott, Fichter, Manfred M, Halmi, Katherine A, Johnson, Craig, Kaplan, Allan S, Keel, Pamela, Klump, Kelly L, LaVia, Maria, Mitchell, James E, Plotnicov, Kathy, Rotondo, Alessandro, Woodside, D. Blake, Berrettini, Wade H, Kaye, Walter H, Bulik, Cynthia M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
amenorrhea
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa
Biological and medical sciences
Bulimia
bulimia nervosa
children
Children & youth
Demographics
Eating behavior disorders
Eating disorders
Education
Educational Status
Feeding and Eating Disorders - diagnosis
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Personal relationships
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
relationship
Reproduction
Reproductive health
Social Support
Studies
Womens health
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: We investigated the sociodemographic characteristics in women with and without lifetime eating disorders. METHOD: Participants were from a multisite international study of eating disorders (N = 2,096). Education level, relationship status, and reproductive status were examined across eating disorder subtypes and compared with a healthy control group. RESULTS: Overall, women with eating disorders were less educated than controls, and duration of illness and age of onset were associated with educational attainment. Menstrual status was associated with both relationship and reproductive status, but eating disorder subtypes did not differ significantly from each other or from healthy controls on these dimensions. DISCUSSION: Differences in educational attainment, relationships, and reproduction do exist in individuals with eating disorders and are differentially associated with various eating disorder symptoms and characteristics. These data could assist in educating patients and family members about long-term consequences of eating disorders. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2011; 44:225-232)
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/eat.20804