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_id: '13617'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Early weight gain is a primary goal in the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN)
    and associated with more favorable discharge weights and clinical outcomes. Activity
    urges, that is, a motivational state to engage in activity, have been suspected
    to delay early weight gain, but their prognostic role remains barely explored.
    Here, we investigated whether acute (state‐like) activity urges at treatment onset
    would predict within‐person weight gain in patients with AN during the initial
    2 weeks of inpatient treatment. Adults with AN from an inpatient unit (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 53)
    completed an activity urges measure at treatment onset, and weight changes were
    monitored for the duration of their treatment. Regression analyses, controlling
    for admission body mass index and other patient variables (i.e., patient age and
    AN subtype), found that higher state activity urges were associated with lower
    initial weight gain. Mediation analyses showed that differences in early weight
    changes further linked higher activity urges at admission to lower discharge weights.
    An activity urge cutoff value of 2.76 for distinguishing between cases with optimal
    and suboptimal initial weight gain is proposed. We discuss potential mechanisms
    of the link between activity urges and early weight gain and the implications
    of activity urges as a prognostic factor for improving weight restoration during
    AN treatment.
author:
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Lina
  full_name: Amin, Lina
  last_name: Amin
- first_name: Karsten
  full_name: Braks, Karsten
  last_name: Braks
- first_name: Thomas J.
  full_name: Huber, Thomas J.
  last_name: Huber
- first_name: Georgios
  full_name: Paslakis, Georgios
  last_name: Paslakis
citation:
  ama: Halbeisen G, Amin L, Braks K, Huber TJ, Paslakis G. Acute Activity Urges Predict
    Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa. <i>International
    Journal of Eating Disorders</i>. 2024;57(12):2452-2460. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">10.1002/eat.24305</a>
  apa: Halbeisen, G., Amin, L., Braks, K., Huber, T. J., &#38; Paslakis, G. (2024).
    Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment
    for Anorexia Nervosa. <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i>, <i>57</i>(12),
    2452–2460. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305</a>
  bjps: <b>Halbeisen G <i>et al.</i></b> (2024) Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower
    Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa. <i>International
    Journal of Eating Disorders</i> <b>57</b>, 2452–2460.
  chicago: 'Halbeisen, Georg, Lina Amin, Karsten Braks, Thomas J. Huber, and Georgios
    Paslakis. “Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient
    Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.” <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i>
    57, no. 12 (2024): 2452–60. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Halbeisen, Georg, Lina Amin, Karsten Braks, Thomas J. Huber und Georgios
    Paslakis. 2024. Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient
    Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa. <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i>
    57, Nr. 12: 2452–2460. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">10.1002/eat.24305</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Amin, Lina</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Braks,
    Karsten</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Huber, Thomas J.</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Paslakis, Georgios</span>: Acute Activity
    Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia
    Nervosa. In: <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i> Bd. 57, Wiley (2024),
    Nr. 12, S. 2452–2460'
  havard: G. Halbeisen, L. Amin, K. Braks, T.J. Huber, G. Paslakis, Acute Activity
    Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia
    Nervosa, International Journal of Eating Disorders. 57 (2024) 2452–2460.
  ieee: 'G. Halbeisen, L. Amin, K. Braks, T. J. Huber, and G. Paslakis, “Acute Activity
    Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia
    Nervosa,” <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i>, vol. 57, no. 12, pp.
    2452–2460, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">10.1002/eat.24305</a>.'
  mla: Halbeisen, Georg, et al. “Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain
    During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.” <i>International Journal of
    Eating Disorders</i>, vol. 57, no. 12, 2024, pp. 2452–60, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305">https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24305</a>.
  short: G. Halbeisen, L. Amin, K. Braks, T.J. Huber, G. Paslakis, International Journal
    of Eating Disorders 57 (2024) 2452–2460.
  ufg: '<b>Halbeisen, Georg u. a.</b>: Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight
    Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, in: <i>International Journal
    of Eating Disorders</i> 57 (2024), H. 12,  S. 2452–2460.'
  van: Halbeisen G, Amin L, Braks K, Huber TJ, Paslakis G. Acute Activity Urges Predict
    Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa. International
    Journal of Eating Disorders. 2024;57(12):2452–60.
date_created: 2026-03-25T14:39:29Z
date_updated: 2026-03-27T08:10:14Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1002/eat.24305
intvolume: '        57'
issue: '12'
keyword:
- anorexia nervosa
- inpatient treatment
- physical activity
- psychotherapy
- restlessness
- urge for movement
language:
- iso: eng
page: 2452-2460
publication: International Journal of Eating Disorders
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0276-3478
  - 1098-108X
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment
  for Anorexia Nervosa
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 57
year: '2024'
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