Offspring of mothers with a history of eating disorder or prepregnancy BMI outside normal have increased risk
Increased risk seen for mortality and for hospitalization, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, bone fracture, bowel obstruction
Higher odds of all eating disorder symptoms also seen in association with problematic social media, mobile phone use
Risk even higher with psychiatric comorbidity, particularly when diagnosed at young age
Significant reduction seen in binge eating episodes and improvement seen in mental health outcomes
Lower number of positive experiences tied to higher binge eating, less intuitive eating
Findings show doubling of odds of physical multimorbidity with eating disorder
Having lower household income, identifying as gay or bisexual tied to higher odds
Hospital admissions increased only for adolescents, while decrease was seen for adults, especially those aged 41 to 105 years
Authors say screening may be recommended