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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2020 Mar 27;37:101381. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101381

Table 3.

Proportion of transgender men and women engaging in disordered eating behaviors among transgender men and transgender women in The PRIDE Study


Transgender men (N=312)
Transgender women (N=172)
Disordered eating behavior
Any occurrence (%)
Regular occurrence (%)
Any occurrence (%)
Regular occurrence (%)
Dietary restraint 25.5 6.7 27.9 9.9
Objective binge episodes 11.2 6.4 12.8 4.7
Self-induced vomiting 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.2
Laxative misuse 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6
Excessive exercise 8.0 1.0 8.1 1.7

Regular occurrence of dietary restraint was defined as going for long periods of time (≥8 h) without eating anything to influence shape or weight for ≥13 days over the past 28 days. Regular occurrence of excessive exercise was defined as exercising in a driven or compulsive way as a means of controlling weight, shape or amount of fat, or burning off calories for ≥20 days over the past 28 days. For all other behaviors, regular occurrence was defined as ≥4 occurrences over the past 28 days.