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. 2023 Feb 20;28(1):19. doi: 10.1007/s40519-023-01547-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of included samples

Study ED Age1 % Female Country N Meta-analysis
Albert et al. 2021 [16] BE 48 68 Italy 56 II, VI
Allgaier et al. 2022 [40] MIX 14 N/K Germany 47 V
Baenas et al. 2021 [14] AN, BN 28 70 Mix 829 II, IV
Branley-Bell and Talbot 2020 [41] AN, BN 16–65 94 UK 129 III
Bianchi et al., 2022 [42] BE 24 72 Italy 1925 VI
Breiner et al. 2021 [43] BE 28 91 USA 159 VI
Carison et al. 2022 [44] ED 7–18 72 Australia 30,170 V
Castellini et al. 2020 [45] AN, BN 31 100 Italy 171 II, VI
Christensen et al. 2020 [46] AN, BN 21 75 US 579 I
Colleluori et al. 2021 [47] AN, BN N/K N/K Italy 453 III
Datta et al. 2022 [48] AN 15 96 Australia 50 II, IV
Elmacioglu et al., 2020 [49] EE 33 80 Turkey 1036 VI
Eray and Sahin 2021 [50] MIX 14 57 Turkey 272 I
Favreau et al., 2021 [51] AN, BN NK 70 Germany 113 III
Feldman et al., 2022 [52] MIX 14 71 USA 71 IV
Freitas et al., 2021 [53] None 21 100 Brasil 71 VI
Giel et al. 2021 [54] MIX 42 81 Germany 34 II, IV
Goldberg et al. 2022 [55] AN, BN 15 86 Isreal 275 II, V
Graell et al. 2020 [56] AN 14 100 Spain 1818 IV, V
Hansen et al. 2021 [57] MIX 15 and 28 98 New Zealand 121 V
Haripersad et al. 2021 [58] AN N/K N/K Australia 134 I
Jones et al. 2020 [18] MIX N/K N/K Australia 243 V
Kersten et al. 2023 [59] MIX 0 to 18 N/K The Netherlands 47,621 IV
Kim et al. 2021 [60] MIX 19 29 USA 8613 I
Klump et al. 2022 [61] BE 22 100 USA 402 VI
Machado et al. 2020 [62] MIX 28 95 Portugal 43 I
Marino et al. 2021 [63] AN N/K N/K Italy 1050 I
Martinez de Quel et al. 2021 [64] MIX 35 37 Spain 161 I, II
Matthews et al. 2021 [65] AN 15 83 USA 163 V
Miskovic‐Wheatley et al. 2022 [15] AN, BN 25 92 Australia 1723 II, VI
Özcan and Yeşilkaya 2021 [66] AN, BN, EE 32 73 Turkey 578 VI
Richardson et al. 2020 [67] MIX N/K 79 Canada 609 II, IV, VI
Schelhorn et al. 2021 [68] MIX 34 71 Germany 3387 I
Schlegl et al. 2020 (a) [69] AN, BED 24 100 Germany 159 III
Schlegl et al. 2020 (b) [70] BN, BED 22 100 Germany 55 III
Spettigue et al. 2021 [17] AN, BN, BED 15 74 Canada 91 II, IV, V, VI
Spina et al. 2022 [71] AN, BN, BED 14 86 Italy 211 V
Springall et al. 2021 [72] AN, BN 15 90 Australia 457 II, IV, V
Surén et al. 2022 [73] AN, BN, BED 11 100 Norway 702,035 V
Takakura et al. 2022 [74] MIX 20 100 Japan 148 II, V
Taquet et al. 2022 [75] AN 15 44 USA 18,313 I, IV
Tazeoglu et al., 2021 [76] EE 21 52 Turkey 386 VI
Termorshuizen et al. 2020 [77] AN, BN, BED 31 98 MIX 1021 III
Toulany et al. 2022 [78] MIX 10 49 Canada 3,862,051 V
Trott et al. 2021 [79] MIX 36 84 UK 319 I, II
Vuilier et al. 2021 [80] AN, BN, BED 30 64 UK 207 III

(I) changes in prevalence rates of AN, BN, and BED as assessed, (II) questionnaire data on changes in the severity of ED symptoms, (III) cross-sectional data on self-reported changes in ED symptomatology (e.g., pre-clinical symptoms), (IV) changes in comorbid mental health depression, anxiety and suicidality, (V) changes in need for care and access to care, age at admission, and length of stay, and (VI) questionnaire data on changes in EE and BE

AN anorexia nervosa, BE binge eating, BED binge eating disorders, BN bulimia nervosa, EE emotional eating, MIX mixed category of disorders, N/K not known

1We report average age for included samples. In case these were not available, we report the reported range