“…Individuals with eating disorders often have significant body dissatisfaction and report perceptual body image distortions that may drive subsequent eating disorder symptoms (Boehm et al, 2016;Fairburn, Cooper, & Shafran, 2003;Skrzypek, Wehmeier, & Remschmidt, 2001;Waldman, Loomes, Mountford, & Tchanturia, 2013). Indeed, the transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) of eating disorders and more recent anxiety conceptualizations have emphasized how misperceptions about one's weight and shape may contribute to the maintenance of eating disorders (Fairburn et al, 2003;Schaumberg et al, 2021;Waller, Turner, Tatham, Mountford, & Wade, 2019). For example, intense fears of gaining weight due to over-evaluation of weight and shape may cause one to avoid weighing themselves or excessively weight check as a means of decreasing anxiety about their weight.…”