The enigma of male eating disorders: A critical review and synthesis

Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the eating disorders examination‐questionnaire across four male samples in Argentina

“…Other studies in male populations have had mixed results in replicating the EDE-Q factor structure. Contrary to present findings, the two-factor full-item version (model III) was previously supported among community (Penelo et al, 2013) States and Australia (Murray et al, 2017); however Latin American men may also experience body image concerns (Compte, Sepulveda, & Torrente, 2015) and are thus an important population for examination of the EDE-Q. The limited research on the EDE-Q in Latino populations has failed to replicated the original four-factor structure of the EDE-Q in Mexico (Penelo et al, 2013), and in accord with this, we were unable to replicate the four-factor structure among four community samples of men in Argentina.…”

Disordered eating behaviors and cardiometabolic risk among young adults with overweight or obesity

“…Binge-eating disorder has been shown to be associated with dyslipidemia in children (Tanofsky-Kraff et al, 2012) and older adults (Hudson et al, 2010; Succurro et al, 2015), but this has not been noted in young adults in non-clinical samples. The greater hyperlipidemia incidence in males but not females who reported binge-eating behavior may be explained by sex differences in eating disorders, DEBs, and cardiometabolic risk (Murray et al, 2017; Murray et al, 2018). Young adult males in the US (Shay et al, 2012) and in this sample have higher rates of hyperlipidemia than females overall.…”

“…This was thought to potentially be due to lower treatment seeking behavior in males and more active and earlier attempts to address health and weight status by females (Udo et al, 2013). Finally, since disordered eating is more common in females than males, perhaps the males who reported binge-eating behaviors were overall more disordered than the females who reported these behaviors (Murray et al, 2017). Better understanding the etiologies of sex differences in eating disorders and cardiometabolic risk is an important area of future research.…”

Genetic risk, body mass index, and weight control behaviors: Unlocking the triad

“…Males may report a desire for greater weight and a pursuit of greater muscularity, T A B L E 3 Logistic regression of BMI genetic risk score (clumping at r 2 cutoff 0.1 and 250 kb window including 10 PCs at p < 1.0) as predictor and weight gain goals and behaviors as outcomes which may result in weight gain behaviors, such as supplement use and excessive consumption of protein (Murray et al, 2017). This finding may underscore the qualitatively different nature of weight control behaviors typically engaged in by males.…”