---
_id: '13579'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Eating disorders (EDs) are increasingly emerging as a health risk in men,
    yet men remain underrepresented in ED research, including interventional trials.
    This underrepresentation of men may have facilitated the development of women-centered
    ED treatments that result in suboptimal outcomes for men. The present study retrospectively
    compared pre- vs. post-treatment outcomes between age-, diagnosis-, and length-of-treatment-matched
    samples of n = 200 men and n = 200 women with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa
    (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
    (EDNOS), treated in the same setting during the same period, and using the same
    measurements. Compared to women, men with AN showed marked improvements in weight
    gains during treatment as well as in ED-specific cognitions and general psychopathology.
    Likewise, men with BED showed marked weight loss during treatment compared to
    women with BED; ED-specific cognitions and general psychopathology outcomes were
    comparable in this case. For BN and EDNOS, weight, ED-specific cognitions, and
    general psychopathology outcomes remained largely comparable between men and women.
    Implications for treatments are discussed.
author:
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: K
  full_name: Braks, K
  last_name: Braks
- first_name: TJ
  full_name: Huber, TJ
  last_name: Huber
- first_name: G
  full_name: Paslakis, G
  last_name: Paslakis
citation:
  ama: 'Halbeisen G, Braks K, Huber T, Paslakis G. Gender Differences in Treatment
    Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison.
    <i>Nutrients</i>. 2022;14(11). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">10.3390/nu14112240</a>'
  apa: 'Halbeisen, G., Braks, K., Huber, T., &#38; Paslakis, G. (2022). Gender Differences
    in Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post
    Comparison. <i>Nutrients</i>, <i>14</i>(11). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Halbeisen G <i>et al.</i></b> (2022) Gender Differences in Treatment Outcomes
    for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison. <i>Nutrients</i>
    <b>14</b>.'
  chicago: 'Halbeisen, Georg, K Braks, TJ Huber, and G Paslakis. “Gender Differences
    in Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post
    Comparison.” <i>Nutrients</i> 14, no. 11 (2022). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Halbeisen, Georg, K Braks, TJ Huber und G Paslakis. 2022. Gender Differences
    in Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post
    Comparison. <i>Nutrients</i> 14, Nr. 11. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">10.3390/nu14112240</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Braks, K</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Huber,
    TJ</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Paslakis, G</span>: Gender
    Differences in Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective
    Pre-Post Comparison. In: <i>Nutrients</i> Bd. 14, MDPI (2022), Nr. 11'
  havard: 'G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T. Huber, G. Paslakis, Gender Differences in Treatment
    Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison,
    Nutrients. 14 (2022).'
  ieee: 'G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T. Huber, and G. Paslakis, “Gender Differences in
    Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post
    Comparison,” <i>Nutrients</i>, vol. 14, no. 11, 2022, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">10.3390/nu14112240</a>.'
  mla: 'Halbeisen, Georg, et al. “Gender Differences in Treatment Outcomes for Eating
    Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison.” <i>Nutrients</i>,
    vol. 14, no. 11, 2022, <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112240</a>.'
  short: G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T. Huber, G. Paslakis, Nutrients 14 (2022).
  ufg: '<b>Halbeisen, Georg u. a.</b>: Gender Differences in Treatment Outcomes for
    Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison, in: <i>Nutrients</i>
    14 (2022), H. 11.'
  van: 'Halbeisen G, Braks K, Huber T, Paslakis G. Gender Differences in Treatment
    Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched, Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison.
    Nutrients. 2022;14(11).'
date_created: 2026-03-25T13:36:08Z
date_updated: 2026-04-10T09:08:07Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.3390/nu14112240
extern: '1'
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000808605500001'
  pmid:
  - '35684040'
intvolume: '        14'
isi: '1'
issue: '11'
language:
- iso: eng
pmid: '1'
publication: Nutrients
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2072-6643
publication_status: published
publisher: MDPI
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Gender Differences in Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders: A Case-Matched,
  Retrospective Pre-Post Comparison'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83778'
volume: 14
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '13592'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: '(1) Background: Obesity (OB) is a frequent co-morbidity in Binge Eating Disorder
    (BED), suggesting that both conditions share phenotypical features along a spectrum
    of eating-related behaviors. However, the evidence is inconsistent. This study
    aimed to comprehensively compare OB-BED patients against OB individuals without
    BED and healthy, normal-weight controls in general psychopathological features,
    eating-related phenotypes, and early life experiences. (2) Methods: OB-BED patients
    (n = 37), OB individuals (n = 50), and controls (n = 44) completed a battery of
    standardized questionnaires. Responses were analyzed using univariate comparisons
    and dimensionality reduction techniques (linear discriminant analysis, LDA). (3)
    Results: OB-BED patients showed the highest scores across assessments (e.g., depression,
    emotional and stress eating, food cravings, food addiction). OB-BED patients did
    not differ from OB individuals in terms of childhood traumatization or attachment
    styles. The LDA revealed a two-dimensional solution that distinguished controls
    from OB and OB-BED in terms of increasing problematic eating behaviors and attitudes,
    depression, and childhood adversities, as well as OB-BED from OB groups in terms
    of emotional eating tendencies and self-regulation impairments. (4) Conclusions:
    Findings support the idea of a shared spectrum of eating-related disorders but
    also highlight important distinctions relevant to identifying and treating BED
    in obese patients.'
author:
- first_name: LM
  full_name: Sommer, LM
  last_name: Sommer
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Y
  full_name: Erim, Y
  last_name: Erim
- first_name: G
  full_name: Paslakis, G
  last_name: Paslakis
citation:
  ama: Sommer L, Halbeisen G, Erim Y, Paslakis G. Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological
    Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder. <i>Nutrients</i>.
    2021;13(11). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">10.3390/nu13113813</a>
  apa: Sommer, L., Halbeisen, G., Erim, Y., &#38; Paslakis, G. (2021). Two of a Kind?
    Mapping the Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating
    Disorder. <i>Nutrients</i>, <i>13</i>(11). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813</a>
  bjps: <b>Sommer L <i>et al.</i></b> (2021) Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological
    Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder. <i>Nutrients</i>
    <b>13</b>.
  chicago: Sommer, LM, Georg Halbeisen, Y Erim, and G Paslakis. “Two of a Kind? Mapping
    the Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder.”
    <i>Nutrients</i> 13, no. 11 (2021). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813</a>.
  chicago-de: Sommer, LM, Georg Halbeisen, Y Erim und G Paslakis. 2021. Two of a Kind?
    Mapping the Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating
    Disorder. <i>Nutrients</i> 13, Nr. 11. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">10.3390/nu13113813</a>,
    .
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sommer, LM</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen,
    Georg</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Erim, Y</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Paslakis,
    G</span>: Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological Space between Obesity
    with and without Binge Eating Disorder. In: <i>Nutrients</i> Bd. 13, MDPI (2021),
    Nr. 11'
  havard: L. Sommer, G. Halbeisen, Y. Erim, G. Paslakis, Two of a Kind? Mapping the
    Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder,
    Nutrients. 13 (2021).
  ieee: 'L. Sommer, G. Halbeisen, Y. Erim, and G. Paslakis, “Two of a Kind? Mapping
    the Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder,”
    <i>Nutrients</i>, vol. 13, no. 11, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">10.3390/nu13113813</a>.'
  mla: Sommer, LM, et al. “Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological Space between
    Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder.” <i>Nutrients</i>, vol. 13, no.
    11, 2021, <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813">https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113813</a>.
  short: L. Sommer, G. Halbeisen, Y. Erim, G. Paslakis, Nutrients 13 (2021).
  ufg: '<b>Sommer, LM u. a.</b>: Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological Space
    between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder, in: <i>Nutrients</i> 13
    (2021), H. 11.'
  van: Sommer L, Halbeisen G, Erim Y, Paslakis G. Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological
    Space between Obesity with and without Binge Eating Disorder. Nutrients. 2021;13(11).
date_created: 2026-03-25T13:36:19Z
date_updated: 2026-04-09T12:15:07Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.3390/nu13113813
extern: '1'
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000725146300001'
  pmid:
  - '34836069'
intvolume: '        13'
isi: '1'
issue: '11'
language:
- iso: eng
pmid: '1'
publication: Nutrients
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2072-6643
publication_status: published
publisher: MDPI
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Two of a Kind? Mapping the Psychopathological Space between Obesity with and
  without Binge Eating Disorder
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83778'
volume: 13
year: '2021'
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